We describe a nonscanning, fiber bundle endomicroscope that performs optically sectioned fluorescence imaging with fast frame rates and real-time processing. Our sectioning technique is based on HiLo imaging, wherein two widefield images are acquired under uniform and structured illumination and numerically processed to reject out-of-focus background. This work is an improvement upon an earlier...

Multiply sectioned Bayesian networks (MSBNs) provide a coherent framework for probabilistic reasoning in cooperative multi-agent distributed interpretation systems (CMADISs). Previous work on MSBNs fo-cuses on the suuciency of MSBNs for representation and inference with uncertain knowledge in CMADISs. Since several representation choices were made in the formation of a MSBN, it appears unclear ...

This paper describes a new optically sectioning microscopy technique based on oblique selective plane illumination combined with oblique imaging. This method differs from previous selective plane illumination techniques as the same high numerical aperture lens is used to both illuminate and image the specimen. Initial results obtained using fluorescent pollen grains are presented, together with...

We describe a novel three-dimensional fluorescence lifetime imaging microscope that exploits structured illumination to achieve whole-field sectioned fluorescence lifetime images with a spatial resolution of a few micrometers.

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PURPOSE To assess the intrarenal arteries injuries after cranial pole nephrectomy in a pig model to compare these findings with those in humans. MATERIALS AND METHODS Polyester resin was injected through the ureter and the renal artery to make three-dimensional casts of 61 pig kidneys. The cranial pole of the kidneys was sectioned at four different sites before the solidification of the resin...

The successful manufacture of thick-sectioned composites is challenging, since the highly exothermic nature of thermoset resins and limited temperature control make it difficult to avoid detrimental thermal and cure gradients within the composite. In order to make quality parts, it has been found experimentally that cure temperatures must be lowered as much as 50% from those suggested for thin ...