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    • Biomedical Imaging
    • Microscopy

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    • Optical microscopy faces limitations due to the diffraction limit, restricting spatial resolution.
    • Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM) enhances resolution but hasn't been integrated with Single-Pixel Microscopy (SPM).

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce a super-resolution SPM (SR-SPM) by merging SIM principles with SPM.
    • To develop novel structured sampling patterns (SSPs) for enhanced resolution in SPM.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed novel SSPs combining Walsh-Hadamard and fringe patterns with phase shifts and orientations.
    • Projected SSPs using a digital micromirror device (DMD) and captured sequential measurements with a single-pixel detector.
    • Reconstructed images using single-pixel imaging (SPI) and SIM algorithms for resolution enhancement.

    Main Results:

    • Achieved a significant resolution improvement, increasing the MTF spatial frequency limit from 1000 to 1500 lp/mm.
    • Demonstrated enhanced resolution and finer feature differentiation in brightfield and fluorescence imaging of biological samples.
    • Validated the system with quantum-dot-labelled epithelial cells and fluorescent microspheres.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed SR-SPM system offers a cost-effective and efficient method for achieving enhanced resolution.
    • This technique paves the way for broader applications of single-pixel imaging in complex environments.
    • SR-SPM overcomes diffraction limits for improved biomedical and engineering imaging.