FlatScope eliminates the tradeoff that hinders traditional microscopes in which arrays of lenses can either gather less light from a large field of view or gather more light from a smaller field. (sciencedaily.com)
Traditional microscopes expose the whole sample to light even though they are only imaging one small section at a time. (sciencedaily.com)
It's flat because it replaces the array of lenses in a traditional microscope with a custom amplitude mask. (sciencedaily.com)