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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2006
Applicant:
Hendrik Nicolaas Slingerland, Venlo, NL;
Inventor:
Hendrik Nicolaas Slingerland, Venlo, NL;
Assignee:
FEI Company, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method in which labels are introduced in a sample, a flat surface is prepared on the sample and a series of images is made of the sample surface with e.g. a scanning electron microscope. The labels may be gold labels or e.g. fluorescent labels. By removing a surface layer between obtaining each image, labels at the surface in one image will be removed and will not be visible in a subsequent image. Thereby a 3D reconstruction of the position of labels in the sample can be made.