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Method and device for producing thin sections of a sample by means of an image recognition system

US8687858B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Roland Walter · Tiefenbronn, DE
Andreas Laudat · Meckesheim, DE
Annett Leonhardt · Meckesheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 7, 2009
Grant date	Apr 1, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 31, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T83/148
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and a device for producing thin sections of a sample by means of a microtome is described, in which a camera acquires at least one image of a surface generated by sectioning of the sample. With the aid of an evaluation device, the image of the surface is evaluated in terms of predefined characteristic values of a section quality. As a function of the characteristic values that are identified, a decision is then made as to whether the section of the sample is accepted or not.

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