System, method, and product for scanning of biological materials
First Claim
1. A method of generating an error correction table, which comprises:
- scanning a probe array by irradiating the probe array with an illumination beam,wherein the probe array comprises one or more calibration features;
detecting one or more signal intensity values responsive to the illumination beam;
generating one or more error correction values, wherein each of the one or more error correction values is based, at least in part, on a difference between the detected signal intensity value position and a corresponding known probe array position obtained from stored calibration feature data comprised of one or more probe array positions; and
generating an error correction table, wherein the error correction table comprises the one or more error correction values.
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Abstract
An embodiment of a scanning system is described including optical elements that direct an excitation beam at a probe array, detectors that receive reflected intensity data responsive to the excitation beam, where the reflected intensity data is responsive to a focusing distance between an optical element and the probe array, a transport frame that adjusts the focusing distance in a direction with respect to the probe array, an auto-focuser that determines a best plane of focus based upon characteristics of the reflected intensity data of at least two focusing distances where the detectors further receive pixel intensity values based upon detected emissions from a plurality of probe features disposed on the probe array at the best plane of focus, and an image generator that associates each of the pixel intensity values with at least one image pixel position of a probe array based upon one or more position correction values.
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1. A method of generating an error correction table, which comprises:
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scanning a probe array by irradiating the probe array with an illumination beam, wherein the probe array comprises one or more calibration features; detecting one or more signal intensity values responsive to the illumination beam; generating one or more error correction values, wherein each of the one or more error correction values is based, at least in part, on a difference between the detected signal intensity value position and a corresponding known probe array position obtained from stored calibration feature data comprised of one or more probe array positions; and generating an error correction table, wherein the error correction table comprises the one or more error correction values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of generating an error correction table, which comprises:
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irradiating a probe array comprising one or more calibration features with an illumination beam; detecting one or more signal intensity values responsive to the illumination beam; measuring a galvo arm position at each instance of detection of the one or more signal intensity values; generating one or more error correction values, wherein each of the one or more error correction values is based, at least in part, on the difference between the galvo arm position and a reference probe array position obtained position obtained from stored calibration feature data comprised of one or more probe array positions; and generating an error correction table, wherein the error correction table comprises the one or more error correction values. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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