Color translating UV microscope
US6650357B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 23, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 18, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2021/656
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A color translating UV or IR microscope for imaging living or dynamic samples in real time. The microscope includes a UV or IR light source and a first filter for cyclically separating light from the light source into spectral components which illuminate the sample. A device such as an image intensifier converts light received from the sample to visible polychromatic light, e.g., an intensified white light. A second filter set separates the visible polychromatic light into color planes. The first and second filter sets are synchronized with each other so as to enable the color planes to be recombined into a visible multicolor image, wherein each color plane represents illumination of the sample by non-visible light of different wavelengths.
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