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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2017
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US);
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US);
Abstract
A quality check module for characterizing a specimen and/or a specimen container. The quality check module includes an imaging location within the quality check module configured to receive a specimen container containing a specimen, one or more cameras located at one or more viewpoints adjacent to the imaging location, and one or more spectrally-switchable light source including a light panel assembly located adjacent the imaging location and configured to provide lighting for the one or more cameras, the spectrally-switchable light source configured to be operatively switchable between multiple different spectra. Methods of imaging a specimen and/or specimen container and specimen, and specimen testing apparatus including a quality check module adapted to carry out the method are described herein, as are other aspects.