COMPRESSED ACQUISITION OF MICROSCOPIC IMAGES

    公开(公告)号:US20210392304A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-16

    申请号:US17304331

    申请日:2021-06-18

    Abstract: A microscope for computational imaging may include an illumination source configured to illuminate a sample with a plurality of wavelengths, an image sensor, an objective lens to image the sample onto the image sensor, and a processor operatively coupled to the illumination assembly and the image sensor. The processor may be configured to acquire a first image dataset from the sample illuminated using a first set of illumination conditions at a first wavelength. The processor may also be configured to acquire a second image dataset from the sample illuminated using a second set of illumination conditions having a second number of illumination conditions at a second wavelength. The second set of illumination conditions comprises fewer illumination conditions than the first set in order to decrease acquisition time. The processor may be configured to combine the first and second image datasets into a computationally reconstructed image of the sample.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR Z-STACK ACQUISITION FOR MICROSCOPIC SLIDE SCANNER

    公开(公告)号:US20210149170A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-20

    申请号:US17098099

    申请日:2020-11-13

    Abstract: A scanning microscope for z-stack acquisition may include, a stage to hold a sample, an illumination source to illuminate the sample, and an image capture device configured to capture multiple images of the sample within a field of view of the image capture device. The microscope may also include a lateral actuator for changing a relative lateral position between the image capture device and an imaged portion of the sample within the field of view of the image capture device for each of the images, and a focus actuator configured to adjust a focal distance between the sample and the image capture device between each of the images. The microscope may further include a processor connected to the lateral actuator and the focus actuator to move the sample laterally relative to the field of view and capture an area of the sample for each of multiple movement paths.

    ADAPTIVE SENSING BASED ON DEPTH
    3.
    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
    4.
    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.

    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.

    COVERSLIPPING METHOD
    8.
    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.

    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.

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