TY - JOUR
T1 - Compact and ultracompact spectral imagers
T2 - technology and applications in biomedical imaging
AU - Tran, Minh H.
AU - Fei, Baowei
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grants (R01CA156775, R01CA204254, R01HL140325, R01CA154475, and R21CA231911), by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Grant RP190588, and by the Eugene McDermott Fellowship 202009 at the University of Texas at Dallas. The authors thank Kelden Pruitt and Ling Ma for contributing feedback to the manuscript.
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PY - 2023/4/1
Y1 - 2023/4/1
N2 - Significance: Spectral imaging, which includes hyperspectral and multispectral imaging, can provide images in numerous wavelength bands within and beyond the visible light spectrum. Emerging technologies that enable compact, portable spectral imaging cameras can facilitate new applications in biomedical imaging. Aim: With this review paper, researchers will (1) understand the technological trends of upcoming spectral cameras, (2) understand new specific applications that portable spectral imaging unlocked, and (3) evaluate proper spectral imaging systems for their specific applications. Approach: We performed a comprehensive literature review in three databases (Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Science). We included only fully realized systems with definable dimensions. To best accommodate many different definitions of "compact,"we included a table of dimensions and weights for systems that met our definition. Results: There is a wide variety of contributions from industry, academic, and hobbyist spaces. A variety of new engineering approaches, such as Fabry-Perot interferometers, spectrally resolved detector array (mosaic array), microelectro-mechanical systems, 3D printing, lightemitting diodes, and smartphones, were used in the construction of compact spectral imaging cameras. In bioimaging applications, these compact devices were used for in vivo and ex vivo diagnosis and surgical settings. Conclusions: Compact and ultracompact spectral imagers are the future of spectral imaging systems. Researchers in the bioimaging fields are building systems that are low-cost, fast in acquisition time, and mobile enough to be handheld.
AB - Significance: Spectral imaging, which includes hyperspectral and multispectral imaging, can provide images in numerous wavelength bands within and beyond the visible light spectrum. Emerging technologies that enable compact, portable spectral imaging cameras can facilitate new applications in biomedical imaging. Aim: With this review paper, researchers will (1) understand the technological trends of upcoming spectral cameras, (2) understand new specific applications that portable spectral imaging unlocked, and (3) evaluate proper spectral imaging systems for their specific applications. Approach: We performed a comprehensive literature review in three databases (Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Science). We included only fully realized systems with definable dimensions. To best accommodate many different definitions of "compact,"we included a table of dimensions and weights for systems that met our definition. Results: There is a wide variety of contributions from industry, academic, and hobbyist spaces. A variety of new engineering approaches, such as Fabry-Perot interferometers, spectrally resolved detector array (mosaic array), microelectro-mechanical systems, 3D printing, lightemitting diodes, and smartphones, were used in the construction of compact spectral imaging cameras. In bioimaging applications, these compact devices were used for in vivo and ex vivo diagnosis and surgical settings. Conclusions: Compact and ultracompact spectral imagers are the future of spectral imaging systems. Researchers in the bioimaging fields are building systems that are low-cost, fast in acquisition time, and mobile enough to be handheld.
KW - camera
KW - compact
KW - hyperspectral imaging
KW - multispectral imaging
KW - spectral imaging
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U2 - 10.1117/1.JBO.28.4.040901
DO - 10.1117/1.JBO.28.4.040901
M3 - Review article
C2 - 37035031
AN - SCOPUS:85152023770
SN - 1083-3668
VL - 28
JO - Journal of biomedical optics
JF - Journal of biomedical optics
IS - 4
M1 - 040901
ER -