Applications Expand for Photon Counting
Figure 5.(a) Spectroscopic signature of the fluorescent marker. (b) Brain tissue images with the neurosurgical microscope, and (c) the added marker spectrum. Photo courtes of Yoann Gosselin, École Polytechnique de Montréal.
Photonics Spectra magazine, Octobre 2014
The prospects of photon-counting imaging are as diverse as they are promising. From space-debris monitoring, to telecommunication satellites and shuttle missions, to the advent of powerful surgical tools, which could help cancer patients through the precise removal of malignant tissues, its applications are numerous and expanding.
Photon counting reveals its strengths in extremely low-light conditions, where other imaging techniques fail to provide valuable data. This is true for all things infinitely distant or infinitely small.