Abstract:
A spectral reflectance imaging device (100) for detecting biomolecular targets (126) includes an illumination source (101) that illuminates a substrate (122) with a plurality of separate wavelengths of incoherent light. The substrate includes an oxide layer (124) and a binding agent to selectively bind biomolecular targets to the substrate. An imaging device (130) captures the light reflected from or transmitted through the substrate and an image processing system (140) detects the biomolecular targets a function of the change in reflective properties of the substrate.
Abstract:
An imaging system uses polarized light to illuminate the target and then uses a polarization filter to remove the light that is reflected from the target without modification. The target can include one or more anisotropic objects that scatter the light and alter the polarization state of the reflected light and causing it to be selectively transmitted to the imaging device which can record the transmitted light through the filter. The illuminating light can be circularly polarized and the filter can remove the circularly polarized light. The target can include asymmetric nanoparticles, such as nanorods that alter the amplitude or phase of the scattered light enabling pass through the filter to be detected by the imaging device.