Head-mounted microscope design (IMAGE)

Optica

Head-mounted microscope design

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A schematic of the components of standard head-mounted microscopes (a) and the new design (b-c), which eliminates the standard illumination optics resulting in a device that is significantly more compact and lightweight. Panel (d) shows that the microscope retains high resolution, with the ability to distinguish lines just over 4 μm wide.

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Joseph R. Scherrer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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