Imaging devices, imaging arrangements, and imaging methods
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1. An imaging device, comprising:
- a camera; and
an illuminator positioned and configured to illuminate an article through an illuminator tunable filter disposed along an optical axis and capture an image of the article through a camera tunable filter arranged along the optical axis, wherein the imaging device does not have a dichroic mirror;
wherein the illuminator tunable filter and the camera tunable filter are coplanar with one another.
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Abstract
An imaging device includes a camera and an illuminator. The illuminator is positioned and configured to illuminate an article through an illuminator tunable filter disposed along an optical axis and capture an image of the article through a camera tunable filter arranged along the optical axis. Imaging arrangements and imaging methods are also described.
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1. An imaging device, comprising:
- a camera; and
an illuminator positioned and configured to illuminate an article through an illuminator tunable filter disposed along an optical axis and capture an image of the article through a camera tunable filter arranged along the optical axis, wherein the imaging device does not have a dichroic mirror;
wherein the illuminator tunable filter and the camera tunable filter are coplanar with one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18)
- a camera; and
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14. An imaging method, comprising:
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at an imaging device having a camera and an illuminator positioned and configured to illuminate an article through an illuminator tunable filter disposed along an optical axis and capture an image of the article through a camera tunable filter arranged along the optical axis, wherein the imaging device does not have a dichroic mirror, tuning the illuminator tunable filter to a first illuminator bandpass; tuning the camera illuminator tunable filter to a first camera bandpass; exciting a fluorophore using light from within first illuminator bandpass; and imaging an article containing the fluorophore using light within the first camera bandpass; further comprising arranging the illuminator and the camera tunable filters to be coplanar. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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