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Infrared microscope stage control

  • US 6,006,140 A
  • Filed: 03/05/1996
  • Issued: 12/21/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of operating an IR-microscope by controlling a motor driven stage of a microscope which has a video camera for viewing a sample on the stage, said method comprising creating on a display means of a computer coupled to the video camera an image of the sample, creating and superimposing on said image one or more graphical markers, using said marker or markers to create coordinate data identifying positions of interest on said sample, storing said data and using said stored coordinate data subsequently to control the positioning of said stage such that the stage is moved successively to the or each position of interest and IR-data is acquired for the or each position of interest.

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