This thesis describes the development and optical characterization of near infrared (NIR) gold nanoshells for the use as luminescent contrast agents for applications in small animal blood vessel imaging. Two types of ...

A snapshot hyperspectral imaging device - Image Mapping Spectrometer (IMS) - has been developed for hyperspectral microscopy. The IMS replaces the camera in a digital imaging system, allowing one to add high speed snapshot ...

This thesis describes the development of a combined label-free imaging and analytical strategy for intraoperative characterization of cancer lesions using the coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering imaging (CARS) technique. ...

An image mapping spectrometer (IMS) for microscopy applications is presented. Its principle is based on the redirecting of image zones by specially organized thin mirrors within a custom fabricated component termed an image ...