The computer increases the resolution for the image under the microscope

Studies at the California Institute of Technology will help conventional microscopes capture high-resolution images. Without interacting with optics, researchers use a computer program to process and combine images from devices.

This invention relates to the hardware of an existing microscope by adding an array of 150 LEDs under a microscope. Each lamp will receive a pattern and the computer program will combine 150 samples into a high resolution image.

It is a composite image that represents not only the light intensity, but also the moving angle effect. Using light field data, the program allows the user to zoom in on any part of the overall image.

Thanks to the ability of digital precision can detect errors to correct. Ultimately, the image created by this system will have an effect 100 times higher than that of a conventional microscope. In addition, the system can overcome the old way of recording because the wide format is not detailed and vice versa.

According to the magazine Gizmag, it costs $ 200 to upgrade a new system for conventional microscopes.