Built a Plenoptic Microscope: 4 Dimension Imaging

[pleecan (Peter Lee)]

I have been experimenting with Lytro LightField Technology for a number of months now....
The Technology was developed at Stanford. I studied the Harvard LightField Microscope design and had a Eureka moment yesterday as I understood the concepts in the Harvard prototype and solved an optics problem and on

On Dec 29, 2012, I constructed a Plenoptic Microscope for myself and it works :


http://i740.photobuc...zpsfca92aba.jpg


The system is capable of resolving smaller than 10 micron resolution:
Here is a test calibration slide... each division is = 10 microns
pictures.lytro.com/pleecan/pictures/499869


An example of the images that it can record is as follows.
pictures.lytro.com/pleecan/pictures/501749

I have a new toy to play with.
PL

[pleecan (Peter Lee)]

pictures.lytro.com/pleecan/pictures/501998

[pleecan (Peter Lee)]

JPG exported image form 4D Lytro file: Dark Field Plenoptic image of House Fly Mouth Parts.

[ammocarbsteve]

Blimey Peter.... Your doing some pioneering work...I bet you need to re study all your specimens now with the new technology... What could you have missed first time round!

[pleecan (Peter Lee)]

Thanks Steve ... Also I have been showing the people at Lytro glitches in their imaging software.... they told me that they are not interested in the scientific application for this camera and were only concerned with the consumer market... Pitty... guess I will go it alone without Lytro...... this is pioneering work... I have developed 3 designs for Plenoptic Microscope i) PL-Zeiss-Lytro Plenoptic Microscope Construct capable of transmission light Dark Field and Bright Field Microscope ii) PL-Beck-Lytro Plenoptic Metallurgical Microscope Construct capable of looking solid opaque objects in reflective light iii) PL-Macro -Lytro Construct to look at Fossils done all of this last couple of days PL

[Joe Botting]

That is astonishing, Peter. I wouldn't know where to start in making one of these, honestly. Seriously impressed, and when I get a bit of time I'm going to start reading up on what on earth a plenoptic microscope actually is... ;-)

[pleecan (Peter Lee)]

Hi Joe: I think I am one of the first people playing with Dark Field plenoptic microscope 4 dimension encryption powered by a Lytro image engine. I was reading a Havard construct on one of these plenoptic microscope and a light bulb lit and I understood the concept and solve an optics problem I had with the Lytro camera and adapted the idea with good success hence the first image produced... so excited to be at the cutting edge of imaging in 4D.

Some of my innovations have be described here on a blog by Lytro:

lightfield-forum.com/2013/01/homemade-lytro-modifications-and-accessories-diy-ring-light-diy-filter-adapter-and-a-lightfield-microscope/



PL