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OPTICS LETTERS
Volume 42, Issue 17, Pages 3379-3382Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OL.42.003379
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- National Science Foundation (NSF) [1555986, 1700941]
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [R03EB022144, R21EB022378]
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Div Of Biological Infrastructure [1555986] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Div Of Industrial Innovation & Partnersh
- Directorate For Engineering [1700941] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Whole slide imaging (WSI) has recently been cleared for primary diagnosis in the U.S.A critical challenge of WSI is to perform accurate focusing in high speed. Traditional systems create a focus map prior to scanning. For each focus point on the map, a sample needs to be static in the x-y plane, and axial scanning is needed to maximize the contrast. Here we report a novel focus map surveying method for WSI. In this method, we illuminate the sample with two LEDs and recover the focus points based on 1D autocorrelation analysis. The reported method requires no axial scanning, no additional camera and lens, works for stained and transparent samples, and allows continuous sample motion in the surveying process. By using a 20x objective lens, we demonstrate a mean focusing error of similar to 0.08 mu m in the static mode and similar to 0.17 mu m in the continuous motion mode. The reported method may provide a turnkey solution for most existing WSI systems due to its simplicity, robustness, accuracy, and high speed. It may also standardize the imaging performance of WSI systems for digital pathology and find other applications in high-content microscopy, such as time-lapse live-cell imaging. (C) 2017 Optical Society of America
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