×

Scanning computed confocal imager

  • US 6,038,067 A
  • Filed: 02/06/1998
  • Issued: 03/14/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/23/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A confocal imager comprising:

  • a light source emitting light;

    light modulating means in optical communication with said light source for producing a spatially and temporally varying pattern of illumination consisting of a plurality of discrete illumination sites;

    beam splitting means receiving said spatially and temporally varying pattern of illumination for directing said spatially and temporally varying pattern of illumination through imaging optics onto a sample and passing reflected and fluorescent emission light from said sample after return passage through said imaging optics and said beam splitting means;

    video capturing means receiving said reflected and fluorescent emission light from said imaging optics through said beam splitting means for acquiring a digital image of said reflected and fluorescent emission light and outputting said digital image; and

    computer means receiving said digital image of said reflected and fluorescent emission light for creating a virtual aperture and synthesizing a composite confocal image of said sample and displaying said confocal image.

View all claims
  • 3 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×