Optical imaging device for a microscope

US11841494B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Kai RITSCHEL · Wetzlar, DE
• Marco Bingel · Kirchhain, DE
• Patric PELZER · Wetzlar, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 28, 2020
• Grant date: Dec 12, 2023
• Expiry date: Dec 23, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/20221
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An optical imaging device for a microscope comprises a first optical system configured to form a first optical image corresponding to a first region of a sample in accordance with a first imaging mode, a second optical system configured to form a second optical image corresponding to a second region of said sample, wherein said first and second regions spatially coincide in a target region of said sample and said first and second imaging modes are different from each other, a memory storing first distortion correction data suitable for correcting a first optical distortion caused by said first optical system in said first optical image, second distortion correction data suitable for correcting a second optical distortion caused by said second optical system in said second optical image, and transformation data suitable for correcting positional misalignment between said first and second optical images, and a processor which is configured to process first image data representing said first optical image based on said first distortion correction data for generating first distortion corrected image data, to process second image data representing said second optical image based on said…