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Data management in a linear-array-based microscope slide scanner

  • US 8,094,902 B2
  • Filed: 05/24/2011
  • Issued: 01/10/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for capturing imagery data using a line scan camera, comprising:

  • at least one memory for imagery data;

    a motorized stage configured to support a microscope sample and move the microscope sample in an X axis direction and a Y axis direction;

    an objective lens positioned for viewing a portion of the microscope sample;

    a line scan camera optically coupled to the objective lens and configured to capture imagery data of the microscope sample as a plurality of image stripes where each image stripe comprises a plurality of scan lines;

    a positioning element configured to adjust a position of the objective lens in a Z axis direction; and

    a processor configured to instruct the positioning element to adjust the position of the objective lens in the Z axis during capture of a first stripe of imagery data and a second stripe of imagery data, the processor further configured to store a first plurality of image portions from the first stripe and a second plurality of image portions from the second stripe as a contiguous digital image in said at least one memory.

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