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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2005
Francois Lacombe, Chaville, FR;
Georges Le Goualher, La Meziere, FR;
Aymeric Perchant, Fontenay Sous Bois, FR;
Nicholas Ayache, Nice, FR;
Francois Lacombe, Chaville, FR;
Georges Le Goualher, La Meziere, FR;
Aymeric Perchant, Fontenay Sous Bois, FR;
Nicholas Ayache, Nice, FR;
Mauna Kea Technologies, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for measuring the speed of a particle such as a red blood cell moving inside a flow such as a flow of the blood, using a light scanning microscope. The inventive method comprises the following steps: acquisition of an image by x and y light scanning on a plane containing the object; detection on the plane (x, y) of a mark on the plane (x, y); estimation of the speed vof the object from the gradient thus determined.