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US 2026/0261776 A1Published application
Image sensing system and method for imaging
AssigneeVentana Medical Systems, Inc.
InventorUwe Horchner
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Abstract
Embodiments described herein pertain to systems and methods for imaging. An imaging system may include a castellated optical element, a CMOS image sensor, and color filtering elements. The CMOS image sensor may include focus areas, a line-scan area, a 2D imaging area, and look-ahead gaps. The imaging system may be configured scan and capture bi-directionally, forward-focused brightfield and fluorescence images of one or more slides comprising at least one biological material.
Claims20
An imaging system, comprising:
- an optical element comprising a plurality of portions having different refractive indices;
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- a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor comprising a plurality of focus areas arranged on one side of the CMOS image sensor, an imaging area arranged on another side of the CMOS image sensor, and a plurality of look-ahead gaps, wherein at least one look-ahead gap is arranged between the imaging area and the plurality of focus areas, and wherein at least one look-ahead gap is arranged between focus areas of the plurality of focus areas.
An imaging system, comprising:
- an optical element comprising a plurality of portions having different refractive indices, wherein a first portion of the plurality of portions is configured to cause light to converge on a first focus plane, and wherein a second portion of the plurality of portions is configured to cause light to converge on a second focus plane different from the first focus plane;
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- a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor comprising a plurality of focus areas, wherein a first focus area of the plurality of focus areas is configured to receive light from the first focus plane, and wherein a second focus area of the plurality of focus areas is configured to receive light from the second focus plane.
An imaging system, comprising:
- an optical element comprising at least a first portion and a second portion having different refractive indices to establish at least a first focus plane and a second focus plane;
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- a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor comprising a plurality of focus areas arranged on one side of the CMOS image sensor, a line-scan area, and a two-dimensional (2D) imaging area, wherein a first focus area of a plurality of focus areas is configured to receive light from the first focus plane and a second focus area of the plurality of focus areas is configured to receive light from the second focus plane, and wherein a plurality of look-ahead gaps are arranged on the CMOS image sensor such that at least one look-ahead gap is located between the plurality of focus areas and the line-scan area, and at least one gap is located between the first focus area and second focus area.
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