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Imaging a well of a microplate

US10841507B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

TECAN TRADING AG · CH

Inventors

Markus Schurf · Bergen, DE
Frank Münchow · Wermelskirchen, DE
Christian Oberdanner · Lamprechtshausen, AT
Alexander KASER · Puch bei Hallein, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 22, 2018
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 21, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30072
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An imaging system and method are provided in which a well of a microplate 050 is imaged by a camera 110 comprising magnification optics 112. The camera is controlled to acquire a series of images of the well with different exposures. The series of images comprise a base image with a base exposure and at least one further image with a larger exposure than the base exposure. The series of images are then merged into an output image which comprises in a center region of the well image content from the base image and at a peripheral region of the well image content from the at least one further image. Advantageously, the output image may allow for better assaying or analysis of the samples in the well than any of the individual images.

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