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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2010
Applicant:
Cédric Allier, Grenoble, FR;
Inventor:
Cédric Allier, Grenoble, FR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical detection process relates to detecting micron- or submicron-sized particles or organisms by means of a contact imaging device, the particles or organisms being immersed in a liquid droplet and the detection being carried out by means of a matrix of photosensitive cells or photosites. The process includes one detection step or a succession of detection steps carried out while the liquid droplet is evaporating. The process may also include a detection step carried out after the liquid droplet has evaporated. The process allows a three-dimensional distribution of the particles or organisms in the initial unevaporated droplet to be reconstructed.