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

==== Schedule ====

^ ^               ^  January  ^^^^  February  ^^^^  March  ^^^^  April  ^^^^^  Summer  ^
^ ^               ^07^14^21^28^04^11^18^25^04^11^18^25^01^08^15^22^29^------------^
|**Streak Camera Configuration**                                               ||||||||||||||||||||
|**1**|Implement 2D-1D fiber array                  ^ |                       ||| |||| |||| ||||| |
|**2**|Characterize readout camera                  | ^ ||                      | |||| |||| ||||| |
|**3**|Implement readout camera in scan code        | |^  |                     | |||| |||| ||||| |
|**Reference Fiber Bundle**                                                    ||||||||||||||||||||
|**1**|Validate test bundle from Leonid             | ^ ||                      | |||| |||| ||||| |
|**2**|Determine required length of patch cable     | |^  |                     | |||| |||| ||||| |
|**3**|Implement final reference bundle             | |||| ^ ||                      | |||| ||||| |
|**4**|Incorporate drift correction into code       | |||| ||^ ||                       ||| ||||| |
|**Galvo Scanner**                                                             ||||||||||||||||||||
|**1**|Test basic functionality                     ^ |||                       | |||| |||| ||||| |
|**2**|Characterize beam shifting                   | |||| ^ ||                      | |||| ||||| |
|**3**|Implement driver and software controls       | |||| ||^ ||                       ||| ||||| |
|**4**|Design sample scan code                      | |||| |||| ^ ||                      | ||||| |
|**5**|Implement into new optical setup             | |||| |||| ||^ ||||                       || |
|**5**|Interface with experiment code               | |||| |||| |||| ||^ ||                       |
|**Beam Shaper (Spectral Applied Research)**                                   ||||||||||||||||||||
|**1**|Design with circular core fiber              ^ |||                       | |||| |||| ||||| |
|**2**|Test the output through lenslet array        | |||| ^ ||                      | |||| ||||| |
|**3**|Reproduce with square core fiber             | |||| ||^ ||                       ||| ||||| |
|**4**|Implement into new optical system            | |||| |||| ^ ||                      | ||||| |
|**Sample Imaging**                                                            ||||||||||||||||||||
|**1**|Image and reconstruct fixed sample           | |||| |||| ^ ||                      | ||||| |
|**2**|Image and reconstruct live sample            | |||| |||| ||^ |||                       ||| |
|**Spectral System**                                                           ||||||||||||||||||||
|**1**|Replicate complete optical system            | |||| |||| |||^ |||||                        |
|**2**|Characterize fully improved system           | |||| |||| |||| ||||^ |
|**3**|Perform test study                           | |||| |||| |||| ||||^ |
|**4**|Implement on Opera microscope at Sunnybrook  | |||| |||| |||| ||||^ |

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Future Direction:

1. Use of EMCCD readout camera with MxN pixels

==== 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|

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