Flow cell alignment methods and systems
US9554095B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 15, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 21, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
Imagers and alignment methods for use by imagers imaging deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) fragments on a flow cell are disclosed. The imagers capture intensity values at DNA fragment bead locations in tiles with each tile having a reference location in the flow cell. Flow cells may be aligned by obtaining a dark field image of each tile during a first imaging session, identifying dark field constellations of bead locations within two separate tiles during the first imaging session, identifying corresponding constellations during a second imaging session, altering the reference location of at least one tile during the second imaging session to correct for a linear offset in the corresponding constellations, and applying at least one correction factor for reading out intensity values from the imager for the bead locations in the flow cell to correct for an angular offset determined from offsets in the corresponding constellations.
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