OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY OF SMALL OBJECTS USING PARALLEL RAY ILLUMINATION AND POST-SPECIMEN OPTICAL MAGNIFICATION

摘要

A shadowgram optical tomography system for imaging an object of interest (1). The shadowgram optical tomography system includes a parallel ray light source (35) for illuminating the object of interest (1) with a plurality of parallel radiation beams (36), an object containing tube (304), where the object of interest (1) is held within the object containing tube (304) such that it is illuminated by the plurality of parallel radiation beams (36) to produce emerging radiation (61) from the object containing tube (304), a detector array (39) located to receive the emerging radiation (61), and a system and method for tracking an image of the object of interest (1).