Microscope comprising at least two components
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Abstract
A microscope comprising at least two components is suggested, wherein each of the at least two components comprises at least one trigger interface, and each of the at least one interfaces is configurable at least as an input and an output. Further, a microscopy method using such a microscope is suggested comprising the appropriate configuring of trigger interfaces of the various components and then continuously moving a microscope stage and continuously moving a focusing drive from a first focus position to a second focus position while simultaneously acquiring images by means of an apparatus for image acquisition.
Claims15
A microscope comprising at least two components, wherein each of the at least two components comprises at least one trigger interface, and each of the at least one interfaces is configurable at least as an input and an output.
A microscopy method using a microscope comprising at least two components, wherein each of the at least two components comprises at least one trigger interface, and each of the at least one interfaces is configurable at least as an input and an output, wherein the at least two components of the microscope are selected from a group consisting of:
- at least one driven, at least horizontally displaceable microscope stage;
- a driven focusing drive;
- and an apparatus for image acquisition, the microscopy method comprising the following method steps:
- configuring the trigger interface of the apparatus for image acquisition as an output so that a synchronization signal is outputted upon acquisition of an image;
- configuring the trigger interface of the microscope stage and of the focusing drive as an input so that upon receiving a synchronization signal the instantaneous position of the microscope stage and of the focusing drive is stored;
- continuously moving the microscope stage;
- continuously moving the focusing drive from a first focus position to a second focus position while simultaneously acquiring images by means of the apparatus for image acquisition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.