Handheld wide-field fluorescence lifetime imaging system based on a distally mounted SPAD array

Andrew B. Matheson; Ahmet T. Erdogan; Charlotte Hopkinson; Sam Borrowman; Gary J. Loake; Michael G. Tanner; Robert K. Henderson

doi:10.1364/OE.482273

Handheld wide-field fluorescence lifetime imaging system based on a distally mounted SPAD array

Andrew B. Matheson, Ahmet T. Erdogan, Charlotte Hopkinson, Sam Borrowman, Gary J. Loake, Michael G. Tanner, Robert K. Henderson

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In this work a handheld Fluorescent Lifetime IMaging (FLIM) system based on a distally mounted < 2 mm2 128 × 120 single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array operating over a > 1 m long wired interface is demonstrated. The head of the system is ∼4.5 cm x 4.5 cm x 4.5 cm making it suitable for hand-held ex vivo applications. This is, to the best of the authors' knowledge, the first example of a SPAD array mounted on the distal end of a handheld FLIM system in this manner. All existing systems to date use a fibre to collect and relay fluorescent light to detectors at the proximal end of the system. This has clear potential biological and biomedical applications. To demonstrate this, the system is used to provide contrast between regions of differing tissue composition in ovine kidney samples, and between healthy and stressed or damaged plant leaves. Additionally, FLIM videos are provided showing that frame rates of > 1 Hz are achievable. It is thus an important step in realising an in vivo miniaturized chip-on-tip FLIM endoscopy system.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	22766-22775
Number of pages	10
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	31
Issue number	14
Early online date	23 Jun 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.482273
Publication status	Published - 3 Jul 2023

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