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However, there has been a problem of lack of detectors suitable for MHz modulation rate parallel detection, detecting multiple small SRS signals while eliminating extremely strong offset due to direct laser light. In this paper, we present a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor using high-speed lock-in pixels for stimulated Raman scattering that is capable of obtaining the difference of Stokes-on and Stokes-off signal at modulation frequency of 20 MHz in the pixel before reading out. The generated small SRS signal is extracted and amplified in a pixel using a high-speed and large area lateral electric field charge modulator (LEFM) employing two-step ion implantation and an in-pixel pair of low-pass filter, a sample and hold circuit and a switched capacitor integrator using a fully differential amplifier. A prototype chip is fabricated using 0.11 \u03bcm CMOS image sensor technology process. SRS spectra and images of stearic acid and 3T3-L1 samples are successfully obtained. The outcomes suggest that hyperspectral and multi-focus SRS imaging at video rate is viable after slight modifications to the pixel architecture and the acquisition system.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s17112581","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,11,9]],"date-time":"2017-11-09T11:33:02Z","timestamp":1510227182000},"page":"2581","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Label-Free Biomedical Imaging Using High-Speed Lock-In Pixel Sensor for Stimulated Raman Scattering"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1587-6465","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kamel","family":"Mars","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Nakaku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8011, Japan"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7395-8848","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"De Xing","family":"Lioe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Nakaku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8011, Japan"}]},{"given":"Shoji","family":"Kawahito","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Nakaku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8011, Japan"}]},{"given":"Keita","family":"Yasutomi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Nakaku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8011, Japan"}]},{"given":"Keiichiro","family":"Kagawa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Nakaku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8011, Japan"}]},{"given":"Takahiro","family":"Yamada","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Nagoya Works, FA System Manufacturing Department, Manufacturing Engineering Section, 1-14, Yada-minami 5-chome, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 461-8670, Japan"},{"name":"Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4319-3100","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mamoru","family":"Hashimoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan"},{"name":"Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Kita 14, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0814, Japan"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,11,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1120","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bbalip.2014.02.003","article-title":"Shedding new light on lipid functions with CARS and SRS microscopy","volume":"1841","author":"Yu","year":"2014","journal-title":"Biochim. 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