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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2006
Helge Jess, Oberkochen, DE;
Petra Weinschenk, Aalen, DE;
Martin Schneider, Koenigsbronn, DE;
Christoph Hauger, Aalen, DE;
Hans-joachim Miesner, Aalen, DE;
Helge Jess, Oberkochen, DE;
Petra Weinschenk, Aalen, DE;
Martin Schneider, Koenigsbronn, DE;
Christoph Hauger, Aalen, DE;
Hans-Joachim Miesner, Aalen, DE;
Carl Zeiss Surgical GmbH, Oberkochen, DE;
Abstract
An image sensor and a circuitry associated with the image sensor is used for recording a series of fluorescence images. The image sensor comprises a plurality of pixels for accumulating charges generated by incident radiation, and the circuitry converts the charges accumulated in the pixels into binary numbers. A gain of the circuitry is adjustable. The gain is set to a suitable maximum value at the beginning of a recording procedure. The gain is reduced if it is determined during the recording procedure that one or more brightness values of the recorded image exceed a suitably chosen maximum brightness value.