3D Models

Inside the confocal microscope

Client: University of Illinois at Chicago

This informational poster shows the internal mechanisms of a confocal microscope by illustrating the laser beam path and interior features used to create point illumination and eliminate out-of-focus light to increase optical resolution. The target audience of this poster is research scientists who are new to confocal microscopy. The informational poster assignment utilized 3D modeling techniques to illustrate accurate spatial relationships inside the microscope. The process also increased proficiency in research, design, and workflow skills across multiple digital programs. The 3D rendered microscope provides context to facilitate audience orientation and the numbered insets illustrate the sequential order of the beam path, showing how each contributes to light transformation. This poster helps demystify advances in confocal light focusing compared to a conventional microscope, which is crucial to understand prior to using the microscope.

• Date: May 2015
• Audience: Healthcare professionals

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