Modifying the spatial distribution of the refractive index of an object and imaging the object using interferometry

摘要

Methods and/or systems are disclosed herein for use in imaging an object including using interferometry while modifying at least one characteristic of the object such as the spatial distribution of the refractive index of the object. The interferometry imaging data may be processed with one or more image processing algorithms that take into account the modification, or change, in the spatial distribution of the refractive index of the object.

主权项

1. A method for use in imaging an object, wherein the object's refractive index is spatially distributed, wherein the method comprises:
modifying the spatial distribution of the refractive index of the object, wherein modifying the spatial distribution of the refractive index of the object comprises delivering an external stimulus at one or more selected parameters to the object to impose a selected change in the spatial distribution of the refractive index of the object; imaging the object using interferometry as the spatial distribution of the refractive index of the object is being modified to provide interferometry imaging data; processing the interferometry imaging data to provide processed imaging data, wherein processing the interferometry imaging data to provide processed imaging data comprises:
providing the one or more selected parameters of the external stimulus, andprocessing the interferometry imaging data with one or more image processing algorithms that take into account the selected change in the spatial distribution of the refractive index of the object by using the one or more selected parameters of the external stimulus when processing the interferometry imaging data to provide the processed imaging data, wherein processing the interferometry imaging data to provide processed imaging data comprises inverting the interferometry imaging data based in part on the modification to the spatial distribution of the refractive index of the object; and constructing an image of the object based on the processed imaging data.