ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,475, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (College Park, Md.).
"Full-field Brillouin microscopy systems and methods" was invented by Giuliano Scarcelli (Washington), Romanus Hutchins (College Park, Md.) and Giulia Zanini (University Park, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A full-field microscopy method for detection of Brillouin-scattered light includes illuminating a two-dimensional plane in a sample with interrogating light having a first wavelength. Light emitted from the two-dimensional plane can be collected. The emitted light comprises Brillouin-scattered light resulting from interaction of t...