Massively parallel, real-time multispeckle diffuse correlation spectroscopy using a 500 × 500 SPAD camera

Diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) is a promising noninvasive technique for monitoring cerebral blood flow and measuring cortex functional activation tasks. Taking multiple parallel measurements has been shown to increase sensitivity, but is not easily scalable with discrete optical detectors. H...

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Published in:Biomedical optics express 2023-02, Vol.14 (2), p.703-713
Main Authors: Wayne, Michael A, Sie, Edbert J, Ulku, Arin C, Mos, Paul, Ardelean, Andrei, Marsili, Francesco, Bruschini, Claudio, Charbon, Edoardo
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Language:English
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Summary:Diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) is a promising noninvasive technique for monitoring cerebral blood flow and measuring cortex functional activation tasks. Taking multiple parallel measurements has been shown to increase sensitivity, but is not easily scalable with discrete optical detectors. Here we show that with a large 500 × 500 SPAD array and an advanced FPGA design, we achieve an SNR gain of almost 500 over single-pixel mDCS performance. The system can also be reconfigured to sacrifice SNR to decrease correlation bin width, with 400 ns resolution being demonstrated over 8000 pixels.
ISSN:2156-7085
2156-7085
DOI:10.1364/BOE.473992