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Active Optics Improve Microscope’s Field of View

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Benjamin Potsaid  and
John T. Wen
Benjamin Potsaid*
Affiliation:
Center for Automation Technologies and Systems Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
John T. Wen*
Affiliation:
Center for Automation Technologies and Systems Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
*
potsab@rpi.edu
wenj@rpi.edu

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Since the earliest explorations of the microscopic world in the 17th century and continuing to the present day, microscopists have continuously faced a challenge in that there is an inherent tradeoff between the resolution of the microscope and the size of the field of view--as the resolution of the microscope is increased to resolve smaller features, the observable area of the specimen decreases proportionally. While being a long recognized characteristic of the traditional microscope design, this tradeoff is becoming a significant hindrance as optical microscopes are being used in automated systems for advanced biotech research, medical diagnostics, robotic micromanipulation, and industrial inspection.

Type
Research Article
Information
Microscopy Today , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , July 2006 , pp. 16 - 23
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2006

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