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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2008
John S. Laudo, Hilliard, OH (US);
John S. Laudo, Hilliard, OH (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (US);
Abstract
A microscope system ('″) includes a laser () or light emitting diode (′″) that generates source light having a non-uniform spatial distribution. An optical system includes an objective () defining a field of view, and an optical train (′″) configured to convert the source light into an enlarged-diameter collimated light, to spatially homogenize the enlarged-diameter collimated light, and to couple the homogenized enlarged-diameter collimated light into the objective to provide substantially uniform static illumination of the field of view. A camera system () is statically optically coupled by the objective with at least most of the field of view.