title: Lens-free imaging for biological applications.
abstract: Lens-free (or lensless) imaging is emerging as a cost-effective, compact, and lightweight detection method that can serve numerous biological applications. Lens-free imaging can generate high-resolution images within a field-portable platform, which is ideal for affordable point-of-care devices aiming at resource-limited settings. In this mini-review, we first describe different modes of operation for lens-free imaging and then highlight several recent biological applications of this emerging platform technology.
authors.affiliation: Center for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Sang Bok
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hojae
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Kyo-In
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Koo
authors.forename: Mehmet R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Dokmeci
authors.forename: Aydogan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozcan
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khademhosseini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007909:Lenses / Q000191:economics; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends