Imaging of biological samples using electronic light detector
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1. A system for use in detecting biological material of a biological sample, the system comprising:
- a positioning apparatus for providing a biological sample in a sampling position, wherein the biological sample comprises biological material associated with a biological material holding structure, the biological material holding structure having first and second opposing sides;
an electronic light detector array, wherein the electronic light detector array comprises a plurality of detector pixels located at particular detector pixel addresses, and further wherein the plurality of detector pixels faces the first side of the biological sample to receive light therefrom; and
a light source operable to provide source light, wherein the sampling position is a position that places the biological sample in a defined spatial relationship relative to the electronic light detector array such that the source light impinges on at least one portion of the first side of the biological material holding structure of the biological sample, and further such that, in response to such impinging light, light representative of the biological sample is provided via a light path for detection by one or more of the detector pixels; and
control circuitry operable to acquire at least one frame of image data representative of a full-width sub-portion of the biological material of the biological sample using the plurality of detector pixels to detect the light representative of the biological sample provided via the light path.
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Abstract
A system and method using an electronic light detector array, e.g., a CCD or a CMOS-based detector array, is used to acquire a visual image of a biological sample that includes biological material associated with a biological material holding structure (e.g., a DNA spot array on a DNA chip, protein bands in a 2-D gel, etc.). For example, fluorescence from a biological sample may be detected.
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1. A system for use in detecting biological material of a biological sample, the system comprising:
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a positioning apparatus for providing a biological sample in a sampling position, wherein the biological sample comprises biological material associated with a biological material holding structure, the biological material holding structure having first and second opposing sides; an electronic light detector array, wherein the electronic light detector array comprises a plurality of detector pixels located at particular detector pixel addresses, and further wherein the plurality of detector pixels faces the first side of the biological sample to receive light therefrom; and a light source operable to provide source light, wherein the sampling position is a position that places the biological sample in a defined spatial relationship relative to the electronic light detector array such that the source light impinges on at least one portion of the first side of the biological material holding structure of the biological sample, and further such that, in response to such impinging light, light representative of the biological sample is provided via a light path for detection by one or more of the detector pixels; and control circuitry operable to acquire at least one frame of image data representative of a full-width sub-portion of the biological material of the biological sample using the plurality of detector pixels to detect the light representative of the biological sample provided via the light path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for use in detecting biological material, the method comprising:
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providing a biological sample in a sampling position, wherein the biological sample comprises biological material associated with a biological material holding structure, the biological holding structure having first and second opposing sides; positioning an imaging device in proximity to the biological sample, wherein the imaging device comprises an electronic light detector array, wherein the electronic light detector array comprises a plurality of detector pixels located at particular detector pixel addresses, and further wherein the imaging device is positioned such that the plurality of detector pixels are facing the first side of the biological sample; providing source light impinging on at least a portion of the first side of the biological material holding structure of the biological sample such that, in response to such impinging light, light representative of the biological sample is provided via a light path for detection by one or more of the detector pixels; and acquiring at least one frame of image data representative of a full-width sub-portion of the biological material of the biological sample using the plurality of detector pixels to detect the light representative of the biological sample provided via the light path. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method for detecting spots of polynucleic acid on a polynucleic acid chip, the method comprising:
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providing a polynucleic acid chip in a holder at a sampling position, the polynucleic acid chip having a sample surface with one or more polynucleic acid sequences thereon, the sampling position being a position wherein the sample surface is facing a plurality of detector pixels of an electronic light detector array; impinging source light on the sample surface to cause light to emanate from at least portions of the sample surface along a light path between the sample surface and the detector pixels; and detecting the light emanating from the at least one full-width sub-portion of the sample surface using one or more of the plurality of detector pixels. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A system for detecting a pattern of polynucleic acid hybridization to a surface, the system comprising:
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positioning structure to provide a polynucleic acid chip at a sampling position, the polynucleic acid chip comprising a sample surface and an opposing surface, the sample surface having one or more sequences of polynucleic acids immobilized thereto with each sequence being immobilized to a particular chip address; an electronic light detector array, the electronic light detector array comprising detector pixels, the detector pixels being located at particular detector pixel addresses; and a light source that provides source light, wherein the sampling position is a position that places the sample surface of the polynucleic acid chip in a defined spatial relationship relative to the electronic light detector array such that the source light impinging on at least one chip address on the sample surface is substantially directed onto at least one detector pixel with a detector pixel address that is correlated to the at least one chip address and the total light impinging on the detector array is a full-width sub-portion of all the light emitted from the sample surface and sequences. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A device for detecting a pattern of polynucleic acid hybridization on a surface, the device comprising:
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a polynucleic acid chip at a sampling position, the polynucleic acid chip comprising a sample surface and an opposing surface, the sample surface having one or more sequences of polynucleic acids immobilized thereto with each sequence being immobilized to a particular chip address; and an electronic light detector array, the detector array comprising detector pixels located at particular detector pixel addresses, wherein the sampling position places the sample surface of the polynucleic acid chip in a defined spatial relationship relative to the electronic light detector array such that light leaving a chip address is substantially directed without modification onto at least one detector pixel with a detector pixel address that is correlated to a chip address. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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84. A system for imaging spots of polynucleic acid on a polynucleic acid chip, the system comprising:
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light source for providing source light; light detector comprising a plurality of detector pixels of sufficient dimension to detect light from a full width of the polynucleic acid chip; a holder that places the polynucleic acid chip in a sampling position, wherein the polynucleic acid chip comprises a sample surface and an opposing surface, wherein the sample surface comprises chip addresses, and further wherein the sampling position places the sample surface in a defined spatial relationship relative to the light detector such that light resulting from the source light impinging on at least one chip address travels a light path defined between the sample surface and the plurality of detector pixels and is mapped onto at least one detector pixel that is correlated with the at least one chip address; and processing means for processing data from the light detector. - View Dependent Claims (85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93)
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94. A method for detecting spots of polynucleic acid on a polynucleic acid chip having a sample surface, the method comprising:
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positioning the polynucleic acid chip at a sampling position, the sampling position being a position relative to an electronic light detector that establishes a plurality of substantially parallel light paths between the sample surface and one or more detector pixels of the electronic light detector such that light emanating from one or more portions of the sample surface of the polynucleic acid chip travels along a light path to the one or more detector pixels of the electronic light detector; and sensing the light emanating from one or more portions of the sample surface to detect the spots of polynucleic acid. - View Dependent Claims (95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101)
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