Random Light Patterns (IMAGE)

Stanford University School of Engineering

Random Light Patterns

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Kahn's endoscope illuminates the object under observation with random intensity patterns (below) instead of a scanning spot (above). The technique produced a fourfold increase in the number of resolvable image features.

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Joseph Kahn, Stanford Engineering

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