Analyzing device
AssigneeAstraZeneca AB
InventorStaffan Folestad
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Abstract
A device for and a method of analysing a sample, comprising: a sample positioning unit (1) for positioning a sample (3); a radiation generating unit (16) for providing at least one beam of electromagnetic radiation to each of first and second surfaces of the sample (3); an imaging unit (23) for providing at least one image from radiation transmitted through each of the first and second surfaces (3a, 3b) of the sample (3); a detector unit (25) for capturing the images provided by the imaging unit (23) and generating signals corresponding thereto; and an analysing unit (61) for operating on the signals received from the detector unit (25) and generating signals representative of the three-dimensional distribution of at least one component in the sample (3).
Claims65
A device for analyzing a sample, comprising:
- a sample positioning unit for positioning a sample;
- a radiation generating unit for providing a first beam of electromagnetic radiation to a first surface of the sample and a second beam of electromagnetic radiation to a second surface of the sample;
- an imaging unit for providing at least one image from radiation transmitted through each of the first and second surfaces of the sample;
- a detector unit for capturing the images provided by the imaging unit and generating signals corresponding thereto;
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- an analyzing unit for operating on the signals received from the detector unit and generating signals representative of the three-dimensional distribution of at least one component in the sample.
A method of analyzing a sample, comprising the steps of:
- providing a sample;
- irradiating a first surface of the sample with a first beam of electromagnetic radiation and irradiating a second surface of the sample with a second beam of electromagnetic radiation;
- imaging radiation transmitted through the first and second surfaces of the sample;
- capturing the imaged radiation and generating signals corresponding thereto;
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- operating on the signals corresponding to the imaged radiation and generating signals representative of the three-dimensional distribution of at least one component in the sample.
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