Quantitative low-cost webcam-based microscopy

Gea O. F. Parikesit; Marten Darmawan; Amir Faisal

doi:10.1117/1.3517747

1 November 2010 Quantitative low-cost webcam-based microscopy

Gea O. F. Parikesit, Marten Darmawan, Amir Faisal

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 49, Issue 11, 113205 (November 2010). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3517747

Abstract

Digital web cameras (popularly known as webcams) have recently gained a significant increase of relevance in the field of optical microscopy, in particular to allow for quick and do-it-yourself methods in developing low-cost and portable microscopes suitable for life sciences and engineering applications in low-resource areas. Unfortunately, these methods were published without any systematic explanation and quantitative assessment of the imaging performances. We reproduce these do-it-yourself methods, discuss the optical considerations that are relevant for them, and quantitatively compare their imaging performances to a commercial digital microscope in order to clarify both the advantages and disadvantages of the webcam-based microscopes.

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Gea O. F. Parikesit, Marten Darmawan, and Amir Faisal "Quantitative low-cost webcam-based microscopy," Optical Engineering 49(11), 113205 (1 November 2010). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3517747

Published: 1 November 2010

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