EP1520250A4 - Multi-axis integration system and method - Google Patents

Multi-axis integration system and method

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Publication number
EP1520250A4
EP1520250A4 EP03716656A EP03716656A EP1520250A4 EP 1520250 A4 EP1520250 A4 EP 1520250A4 EP 03716656 A EP03716656 A EP 03716656A EP 03716656 A EP03716656 A EP 03716656A EP 1520250 A4 EP1520250 A4 EP 1520250A4
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Prior art keywords
integration system
axis integration
axis
integration
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Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
EP03716656A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP1520250A2 (en
Inventor
Steven A Reese
Carl S Brown
Paul Goodwin
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Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC
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Applied Precision Inc
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Priority claimed from US10/215,265 external-priority patent/US20030048933A1/en
Application filed by Applied Precision Inc filed Critical Applied Precision Inc
Publication of EP1520250A2 publication Critical patent/EP1520250A2/en
Publication of EP1520250A4 publication Critical patent/EP1520250A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N21/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using sub-millimetre waves, infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
    • G01N21/62—Systems in which the material investigated is excited whereby it emits light or causes a change in wavelength of the incident light
    • G01N21/63—Systems in which the material investigated is excited whereby it emits light or causes a change in wavelength of the incident light optically excited
    • G01N21/64—Fluorescence; Phosphorescence
    • G01N21/645—Specially adapted constructive features of fluorimeters
    • G01N21/6456—Spatial resolved fluorescence measurements; Imaging
    • G01N21/6458—Fluorescence microscopy
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N21/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using sub-millimetre waves, infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
    • G01N21/62—Systems in which the material investigated is excited whereby it emits light or causes a change in wavelength of the incident light
    • G01N21/63—Systems in which the material investigated is excited whereby it emits light or causes a change in wavelength of the incident light optically excited
    • G01N21/64—Fluorescence; Phosphorescence
    • G01N21/645—Specially adapted constructive features of fluorimeters
    • G01N21/6452—Individual samples arranged in a regular 2D-array, e.g. multiwell plates
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B21/00—Microscopes
    • G02B21/36—Microscopes arranged for photographic purposes or projection purposes or digital imaging or video purposes including associated control and data processing arrangements
    • G02B21/365—Control or image processing arrangements for digital or video microscopes
    • G02B21/367—Control or image processing arrangements for digital or video microscopes providing an output produced by processing a plurality of individual source images, e.g. image tiling, montage, composite images, depth sectioning, image comparison
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T1/00—General purpose image data processing
    • G06T1/0007—Image acquisition

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  • Analytical Chemistry (AREA)
  • Pathology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Molecular Imaging (AREA)
  • Immunology (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Biochemistry (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Microscoopes, Condenser (AREA)
  • Transforming Light Signals Into Electric Signals (AREA)
EP03716656A 2002-03-13 2003-03-13 Multi-axis integration system and method Withdrawn EP1520250A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (7)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US36476202P 2002-03-13 2002-03-13
US364762P 2002-03-13
US10/215,265 US20030048933A1 (en) 2001-08-08 2002-08-06 Time-delay integration imaging of biological specimen
US215265 2002-08-06
US43169202P 2002-12-06 2002-12-06
US431692P 2002-12-06
PCT/US2003/008182 WO2003079664A2 (en) 2002-03-13 2003-03-13 Multi-axis integration system and method

Publications (2)

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EP1520250A2 EP1520250A2 (en) 2005-04-06
EP1520250A4 true EP1520250A4 (en) 2009-07-01

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WO (1) WO2003079664A2 (en)

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AU2003220356A1 (en) 2003-09-29

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