Apparatus and method for scanning microscope slides
AssigneeGrundium Oy
InventorsMarkus Vartiainen, Janne Haavisto, Matti Pellikka, Heikki Jantunen
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Abstract
An apparatus for scanning microscope slides is provided. The apparatus includes an objective; a specimen stage; a camera sensor configured to capture a first plurality of images at a first rate while focus is changed in continuous motion; and a flash unit configured to flash at a second rate, wherein the first rate and the second rate are synchronized.
Claims20
An apparatus for scanning a specimen on a specimen stage, comprising an objective;
- a specimen stage;
- a camera sensor configured to capture a first plurality of images from a first position at a first rate while focus is changed in continuous motion, wherein the captured first plurality of images comprises images captured with different focus from the first position;
- and
- a flash unit configured to flash at a second rate, wherein the first rate and the second rate are synchronized.
A method for scanning a specimen on a specimen stage, the method comprising:
- changing focus of a scanning apparatus in continuous motion;
- capturing, by a camera sensor, a first plurality of images from a first position at a first rate while the focus is changed in continuous motion, wherein the captured first plurality of images comprises images captured with different focus from the first position;
- and
- flashing a flash unit at a second rate, wherein the first rate and the second rate are synchronized.
A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising computer program code configured to, when executed on at least one processor, cause an apparatus to perform changing focus of a scanning apparatus in continuous motion;
- capturing, by a camera sensor, a first plurality of images from a first position at a first rate while the focus is changed in continuous motion, wherein the captured first plurality of images comprises images captured with different focus from the first position;
- and
- flashing a flash unit at a second rate, wherein the first rate and the second rate are synchronized.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.