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US 2014/0176694 A1Published application
Imaging system
OwnerMichael Mermelstein, Charles Cameron Abnetinventors
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Abstract
The invention provides an novel imaging system for microscopy including both continuous motion and stationary field image acquisition. More specifically, the invention provides a system that can translate a specimen relative to the field-of-view of an imager while synchronously acquiring image data. Using the same imaging optics and imager, the system can acquire stationary images at any location on the specimen.
Claims21
A system for imaging a specimen comprising
- controllable image sensing means having a field of view
- controllable translating means
- a controller configured in a first mode to control the translating means to translate the specimen relative to the field of view along a trajectory and synchronously to control the image sensing means to sense a first image of a first portion of the specimen, said controller further configured in a second mode to control the translating means to position the specimen relative to the field of view in a stationary position and further to control the image sensing means to sense a second image of a second portion of the specimen.
A method for obtaining a first and a second image of a specimen comprising the steps of
- providing controllable image sensing means having a field of view
- providing controllable translating means
- controlling the translating means to translate the specimen relative to the field of view along a trajectory and synchronously controlling the image sensing means to sense a first image of a first portion of the specimen
- controlling the translating means to position the specimen relative to the field of view in a stationary position and further to control the image sensing means to sense a second image of a second portion of the specimen.
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