US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on March 17 for "Hyperspectral microscopy using a phase mask and spectral filter array" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,568, issued on March 17, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Hyperspectral microscopy using a phase mask and spectral filter array" was invented by Neerja Aggarwal (Richmond, Calif.), Laura Waller (Orinda, Calif.), Yashovardhan Raniwala (Berkeley, Calif.), Eric Markley (Berkeley, Calif.) and Kristina Monakhova (Berkeley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snapshot hyperspectral imaging camera assembly and processing methods are provided that has a higher achievable resolution than a traditional snapshot imager. The camera assembly is compact and can be attached to the output port of a...