Microscope and method for computational microscopic layer separation

    公开(公告)号:US11650405B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-16

    申请号:US17098058

    申请日:2020-11-13

    CPC classification number: G02B21/006 G02B21/06 G02B21/34 G02B21/367

    Abstract: A microscope for computational microscopic layer separation may include an imaging device that includes a lens and an image sensor, an illumination system for illuminating a sample, and an actuator to adjust an axial position of a focal plane with respect to the sample. The microscope may also include a processor operatively coupled to the imaging device and the illumination system. The processor may be configured to measure, using the image sensor and the illumination system, optical aberrations of the imaging device at the axial position, and determine whether to adjust the focal plane with respect to the sample in response to the one or more optical aberrations. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.

    ADAPTIVE SENSING BASED ON DEPTH
    12.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230005281A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17931271

    申请日:2022-09-12

    Abstract: A microscope for adaptive sensing may comprise an illumination assembly, an image capture device configured to collect light from a sample illuminated by the assembly, and a processor. The processor may be configured to execute instructions which cause the microscope to capture, using the image capture device, an initial image set of the sample, identify, in response to the initial image set, an attribute of the sample, determine, in response to identifying the attribute, a three-dimensional (3D) process for sensing the sample, and generate, using the determined 3D process, an output image set comprising more than one focal plane. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

    ADAPTIVE SENSING BASED ON DEPTH
    13.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200302144A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-24

    申请号:US16851830

    申请日:2020-04-17

    Abstract: A microscope for adaptive sensing may comprise an illumination assembly, an image capture device configured to collect light from a sample illuminated by the assembly, and a processor. The processor may be configured to execute instructions which cause the microscope to capture, using the image capture device, an initial image set of the sample, identify, in response to the initial image set, an attribute of the sample, determine, in response to identifying the attribute, a three-dimensional (3D) process for sensing the sample, and generate, using the determined 3D process, an output image set comprising more than one focal plane. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

    COVERSLIPPING METHOD
    15.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240160000A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-16

    申请号:US18559473

    申请日:2022-05-26

    CPC classification number: G02B21/34 G01N1/30

    Abstract: A microscope system may be integrated with a coverslipping device. A method of preparing a microscope slide for imaging a sample on the microscope slide may include placing a transparent flowable material on the sample while the slide is supported with one or more linkages coupled to a processor, covering the sample with a coverslip, and placing the microscope slide on a microscope stage with the one or more linkages coupled to the slide and the processor. Various other systems and methods are provided.

    Accelerating digital microscopy scans using empty/dirty area detection

    公开(公告)号:US11409095B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-09

    申请号:US16875721

    申请日:2020-05-15

    Abstract: A microscope including an illumination assembly, an image capture device and a processor can be configured to selectively identify regions of a sample including artifacts or empty space. By selectively identifying regions of the sample that have artifacts or empty space, the amount of time to generate an image of the sample and resources used to generate the image can be decreased substantially while providing high resolution for appropriate regions of the computational image. The processor can be configured to change the imaging process in response to regions of the sample that includes artifacts or empty space. The imaging process may include a higher resolution process to output higher resolution portions of the computational image for sample regions including valid sample material, and a lower resolution process to output lower resolution portions of the computational image for sample regions including valid sample material.

    METHOD FOR COMPUTATIONAL MICROSCOPIC LAYER SEPARATION

    公开(公告)号:US20210149169A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-20

    申请号:US17098058

    申请日:2020-11-13

    Abstract: A microscope for computational microscopic layer separation may include an imaging device that includes a lens and an image sensor, an illumination system for illuminating a sample, and an actuator to adjust an axial position of a focal plane with respect to the sample. The microscope may also include a processor operatively coupled to the imaging device and the illumination system. The processor may be configured to measure, using the image sensor and the illumination system, optical aberrations of the imaging device at the axial position, and determine whether to adjust the focal plane with respect to the sample in response to the one or more optical aberrations. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.

    MULTI/PARALLEL SCANNER
    19.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200278362A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-03

    申请号:US16875665

    申请日:2020-05-15

    Abstract: A microscope system may comprise a plurality of microscope modules, a cassette for holding a plurality of slides, a slide loader configured to move the plurality of slides between the cassette and the plurality of microscope modules, and a processor coupled to the slide loader. The processor may be configured with instructions which, when executed, cause the slide loader to move a slide into or from a selected microscope module among the plurality of microscope modules. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

    SCANNING MICROSCOPE WITH REAL TIME RESPONSE
    20.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180348500A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-06

    申请号:US15774881

    申请日:2016-11-10

    Abstract: Microscopes and methods for processing images of a sample are disclosed. In one implementation, a microscope includes an illumination assembly configured to illuminate the sample under two or more different illumination conditions. The microscope further includes at least one image capture device configured to capture image information associated with the sample and at least one controller. The at least one controller is programmed to receive, from the at least one image capture device, a plurality of images associated with the sample. At least a first portion of the plurality of images is associated with a first region of the sample, and a second portion of the plurality of images is associated with a second region of the sample. The at least one controller is further programmed to initiate a first computation process to generate a high resolution image of the first region by combining image information selected from the first portion of the plurality of images; receive, after initiating the first computation process and before completing the first computation process, a request associated with prioritizing a second computation process for generating a high resolution image of the second region; and initiate, after receiving the request, the second computation process to generate the high resolution image of the second region by combining image information selected from the second portion of the plurality of images.

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