System for the simultaneous videographic or photographic acquisition of multiple images
AssigneeUniversitaet Duisburg-Essen
InventorsMatthias GUNZER, Reinhard VIGA, Sven OLFEN, Anton GRABMAIER, Marc SCHUSTER
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Abstract
A system for the simultaneous videographic or photographic acquisition of images, in particular of samples in a plurality of sample chambers of a sample plate, preferably a microtiter plate, includes an array of microscopes having mutually parallel optical axes, wherein each microscope includes an imaging chip and an objective. The imaging chips are attached to a carrier board as an array of columns and rows. An electronics unit for processing image data for all the microscopes is associated with the carrier board.
Claims22
A system for the simultaneous videographic or photographic acquisition of image of samples in a plurality of sample chambers of a sample plate, comprising:
- microscopes having mutually parallel optical axes, each microscope comprising a dedicated imaging chip and a dedicated objective;
- a carrier board having attached on a surface thereof the imaging chips in an array of rows and columns;
- an electronics unit configured to carry out image data processing and disposed laterally next to the array of imaging chips or behind the array of imaging chips;
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- wherein the microscope objectives are disposed in an array of rows and columns in registry with the array of the imaging chips and situated in front of the imaging chips in the direction of the optical axes.
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