Optical system for high resolution thermal melt detection

    公开(公告)号:US10266873B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-23

    申请号:US13955749

    申请日:2013-07-31

    摘要: This invention relates to systems and methods for imaging sample materials within a microfluidic device during an assay reaction process. In accordance with certain aspects of the invention, images are formed with a pixel array and a region of interest (“ROI”) is defined within the pixel array. Image values, such as fluorescent intensity, can be computed as averages of individual pixel values within the ROI. Where the ROI is subject to non-uniform conditions, such as non-uniform heating, the ROI can be divided into sub-ROIs which are sufficiently small that the condition is uniform within the sub-ROI.

    Compound calibrator for thermal sensors

    公开(公告)号:US09766139B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-19

    申请号:US13847885

    申请日:2013-03-20

    IPC分类号: G01K15/00 G01N25/04

    CPC分类号: G01K15/005

    摘要: The present invention, in one aspect, provides systems and methods for using a single slug or multiple slugs containing one or more calibrators to determine a relationship between temperature and an electrical characteristic of the thermal sensor for use in connection with calibrating thermal sensors. In some embodiments, the present invention uses the described calibrator systems and methods to calibrate thermal control elements on a microfluidic device. In non-limiting embodiment, the calibrator can be one or more of droplets, plugs, slugs, segments or a continuous flow of any appropriate solution that, when heated, yields a thermal response profile with a plurality of features (e.g., maxima, minima, inflection points, linear regions, etc.).