Temporal multiplexing of the scientific grade camera for hyper-frame-rate imaging.

ABSTRACT

In order to maximize the spatio-temporal resolution of the scientific grade camera at width-limited ROI, this paper proposes a new hyper-frame-rate imaging method by temporal multiplexing the sub-region of the image sensor. In the system, a dual-axis scanning galvanometer is localized at the relay pupil plane and a high quality scan lens is utilized to form an image-side telecentric path. Following this path can overcome bandwidth waste in the conventional exposure and readout mode, and maintain other performances of image sensors. As a result, the sCMOS camera has performed 432fps over 820 × 700 pixel arrays to record the dynamic heartbeat of zebrafish larvae.