===== 2012 Plan =====

==== Schedule ====

^ ^               ^  September  ^^^^  October  ^^^^^  November  ^^^^  December  ^^^^  Spring  ^  Summer  ^
^ ^               ^03^10^17^24^01^08^15^22^29^05^12^19^26^03^10^17^24^------------^------------^
|**Streak Camera Configuration**  |||||||||||||||||||||
|**1**|Design drift reference fiber           ^  || ||    |||||  ||||  ||||  |  |
|**2**|Check distortion of streak camera      |  |^ ||   |||||  ||||  ||||  |  |
|**3**|Implement new 2D-1D fiber array        |  ||^ |    |||||  ||||  ||||  |  |
|**4**|Implement drift reference fiber        |  ||||    |||^ |  ||||  ||||  |  |
|**Galvo Scanner**  |||||||||||||||||||||
|**1**|Set up galvo scanner system            |  ||||    |||||  ||^ ||  |||  |  |
|**2**|Interface with galvo scanner           |  ||||    |||||  ||||  ^ | ||  |  |
|**3**|Test scanner performance               |  ||||    |||||  ||||  |^ ||  |  |
|**4**|Implement scanner in system            |  ||||    |||||  ||||  |||^  |  |
|**Beam Shaper**  |||||||||||||||||||||
|**1**|Research simple beam shapers           |  |||^    || |||  ||||  ||||  |  |
|**2**|Decide on beam shaper                  |  ||||    |^ || |  ||||  ||||  |  |
|**3**|Implement beam shaper                  |  ||||    |||||  |^ | |  ||||  |  |
|**Readout Camera**  |||||||||||||||||||||
|**1**|Research high speed readouts           |  ||||    ||||^  || ||  ||||  |  |
|**2**|Decide on high speed readout           |  ||||    |||||  |^ ||  ||||  |  |
|**3**|Interface readout camera               |  ||||    |||||  ||||  |||^  |  |
|**4**|Test readout performance               |  ||||    |||||  ||||  |||^  |  |
|**5**|Implement readout in system            |  ||||    |||||  ||||  ||||  ^  |
|**Live Cell Imaging**  |||||||||||||||||||||
|**1**|Perform FLIM-FRET experiments          |  ||||    |||||  ||||  |||^  |  |
|**2**|Reconstruct FLIM images                |  ||||    |||||  ||||  |||^  |  |
|**3**|Write journal article on results       |  ||||    |||||  ||||  ||||  ^  |
|**Image Reconstruction**  |||||||||||||||||||||
|**1**|Write robust lifetime estimation code  |  ||||    |||||  ||||  |||^  |  |
|**2**|Extend to multi-exponential            |  ||||    |||||  ||||  |||^  |  |
|**3**|Interpret FRET efficiency              |  ||||    |||||  ||||  |||^  |  |
/*

|**Streak Camera**  |||||||||||||||||||
|**1**|Research input optics           |  |||^    ||   |||  ||||  ||||
|**2**|Place order for input optics    |  ||||    ^ | |||   ||||  ||||
|**3**|Replace input optics            |  ||||    |^ |||    ||||  ||||
|**4**|Send streak camera to Optronis  |  ||||    |||^     | |||| ||||
|**Scanning System**  |||||||||||||||||||
|**1**|Perform proof of principle      |  ||^  ||  ||||     ||||  ||||
|**2**|Research available products     |  |||^    ||| ||    ||||  ||||
|**3**|Place order for chosen product  |  ||||    |^ | |    |||||  ||||
|**4**|Align solution to system        |  ||||    ||||     ^ || ||  ||||
|**5**|Write program for scan          |  ||||    ||||     ||^ | | ||||
|**6**|Reconstruct image               |  ||||    ||||     |||^ |  ||||
|**Readout Camera**  |||||||||||||||||||
|**1**|Research readout cameras        |  ||||    |||^     || |||  ||||
|**Photon Efficiency**  |||||||||||||||||||
|**1**|Acquire higher power laser head |  ||^ |   ||||     |||||   ||||
|**2**|Research more efficient filter  |  ||||    ||||     ||||^ || |||

*/

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==== Milestones ====

^**September 28**|Implementation of new 2D-1D fiber array|
^**November 2**|System is correctable for drift, distortion|
^**November 23**|Clean uniform excitation light from beam shaper|
^**Spring 2012**|Implementation of galvo scanner|
^**Spring 2012**|in vivo FLIM imaging results|
^**Summer 2012**|Implementation of high-speed readout camera|