System for image reconstruction using a known pattern

    公开(公告)号:US20180120553A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-03

    申请号:US15795150

    申请日:2017-10-26

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for constructing an image of a sample using a plurality of images acquired under multiple illumination conditions. In some cases, a microscope may include an image capture device, an illumination assembly, and a processor configured to acquire a plurality of images of a sample and a fiducial marker under a plurality of different illumination conditions and to reconstruct a high resolution image in response to the plurality of images. The disclosure also provides a method for generating a high resolution image of a sample comprising acquiring a plurality of images of a sample and a fiducial marker under a plurality of different illumination conditions and reconstructing the high resolution image in response to the plurality of images.

    METHOD FOR AUTOMATED WHOLE-SLIDE SCANNING OF GRAM STAINED SLIDES AND EARLY DETECTION OF MICROBIOLOGICAL INFECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20240420828A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-19

    申请号:US18705277

    申请日:2022-11-17

    Abstract: An apparatus configured to process a sample to detect a pathogen receives a slide with the sample on the slide, in which the sample has been stained with one or more of a Gram stain, an Acid-Fast stain, or a Giemsa stain. An area of at least 5 mm2 of the sample is imaged at a rate of at least 15 mm2 per minute and a resolution of 0.3 pm or better to generate one or more images. The one or more images of the sample are processed with a classifier configured to detect the pathogen in the sample. In some embodiments, a plurality of cultured and stained samples on a plurality of slides are imaged at the resolution and processed with the classifier, which can increase the area processed and analyzed in order to decrease the culture time and corresponding time to diagnose the patient.

    Multi/parallel scanner
    23.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12061207B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-13

    申请号:US18063500

    申请日:2022-12-08

    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.

    Accelerating digital microscopy scans using empty/dirty area detection

    公开(公告)号:US11828927B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-28

    申请号:US17812374

    申请日:2022-07-13

    CPC classification number: G02B21/367 G02B21/0084 G02B21/125

    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.

    ACCELERATING DIGITAL MICROSCOPY SCANS USING EMPTY/DIRTY AREA DETECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20220350129A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17812374

    申请日:2022-07-13

    Abstract: A microscope comprising an illumination assembly, an image capture device and a processor can be configured to selectively identify regions of a sample comprising 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 comprises artifacts or empty space. The imaging process may comprise a higher resolution process to output higher resolution portions of the computational image for sample regions comprising valid sample material, and a lower resolution process to output lower resolution portions of the computational image for sample regions comprising valid sample material.

    Adaptive sensing based on depth
    27.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11482021B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-25

    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.

    Digital microscope which operates as a server

    公开(公告)号:US10935779B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-02

    申请号:US16338674

    申请日:2017-10-26

    Abstract: Access to microscope images while a sample is scanned or images are generated or uploaded can decrease an amount of time that a user waits to view a region of interest of an image. A processor can be configured to allow a remote user to access a portion of an image at full or partial resolution while other portions of the sample are being scanned, or while one or more images are generated or uploaded at full or partial resolution. A processor stored locally with the microscope can be configured to allow a remote user to access a completed scan over the internet prior to the scan being fully uploaded over a network such as the internet to a remote server. In some embodiments, a processor may be coupled to a microscope, a user device, or a remote server.

    Autofocus system for a computational microscope

    公开(公告)号:US10705326B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-07

    申请号:US15775370

    申请日:2016-11-10

    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for focusing a microscope using images acquired under multiple illumination conditions. In one implementation, an autofocus microscope may include an image capture device, a focus actuator, an illumination assembly, and a controller. The controller may cause the illumination assembly to illuminate a sample at a first illumination condition and at a second illumination condition. The controller may acquire a first image of the sample illuminated from the first illumination angle and a second image of the sample illuminated from the second illumination angle. The controller may further determine an amount of shift between image features present in the first image of the sample and a corresponding image features present in the second image of the sample, If the amount of determined shift is non-zero, the focus actuator may change the distance between the sample and the focal plane.

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIAGNOSTIC PLATFORM
    30.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190384962A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-19

    申请号:US16338668

    申请日:2017-10-26

    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for improved imaging and analyzing of a sample with a large field-of-view at a high image resolution. A diagnostic system may comprise: a microscope comprising a low collection numerical aperture (NA); an imaging device coupled to the microscope; and a processor coupled to the imaging device. The imaging device may be configured to capture a plurality of low-resolution images of a region of a sample viewed by the microscope. The region of the sample may comprise cells. The processor may comprise instructions configured to reconstruct a high-resolution image of the region of the sample using the plurality of low-resolution images. The processor may further comprise instructions configured to analyze a spatial field of the high-resolution image to identify at least one of a cell type or a cell structure of at least one of the cells of the region of the sample.

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