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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2019
Leica Biosystems Imaging, Inc., Vista, CA (US);
Yunlu Zou, San Diego, CA (US);
Peyman Najmabadi, San Diego, CA (US);
LEICA BIOSYSTEMS IMAGING, INC., Vista, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for scanning a 2D or 3D image of a specimen without relative Z-axis motion between the specimen and the objective lens. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes a tilted camera having individual lines of pixels. Each line of pixels can be separately processed and is at a different image plane with respect to the stage. The depth of field of each line of pixels abuts, slightly overlaps, or is slightly spaced apart from the adjacent lines of pixels in the tilted camera. The angle of the tilt determines the relationship (abut, overlapping, or spaced) of the adjacent lines of pixels. The individual image lines produced by each line of pixels can be combined into a 3D volume image of a sample. Also, the highest-contrast line at each X-Y location can be combined into an in-focus 2D image of the sample.