1. An imaging system comprising: a source operative for providing a first plurality of light signals the first plurality of light signals being arranged such that they form a two-dimensional array of foci at an image region that defines a first plane; a single-axis scanner operative for linearly scanning the first plurality of light signals along a first direction in the first plane such that each light signal of the first plurality thereof interrogates a different one of a plurality of sub-image regions, wherein the first plurality of light signals is arranged as the two-dimensional array having a first periodicity in a second direction in the first plane and a second periodicity in a third direction in the first plane, and wherein the two-dimensional array is oriented such that the second direction and first direction form a first non-zero, acute angle, θ, within the first plane, and further wherein the plurality of sub-image regions are arranged in a two-dimensional arrangement within the image region; and a detector operative for detecting a second plurality of light signals, wherein each of the second plurality of light signals is generated in response to absorption of optical energy from at least one of the first plurality of light signals.