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Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017

Filed:

May. 07, 2012
Applicants:

Dominique Decaux, Chaponost, FR;

Frédéric Pinston, Grenoble, FR;

Denis Desseree, Montluel, FR;

Guillaume Boissier, Lyons, FR;

Corine Fulchiron, Serrières de Briord, FR;

Lorette Lapierre, Ambronay, FR;

Lorène Allano, Sèvres, FR;

Léontine Jacolin, Paris, FR;

Christophe Tachier, Lyons, FR;

Inventors:

Dominique Decaux, Chaponost, FR;

Frédéric Pinston, Grenoble, FR;

Denis Desseree, Montluel, FR;

Guillaume Boissier, Lyons, FR;

Corine Fulchiron, Serrières de Briord, FR;

Lorette Lapierre, Ambronay, FR;

Lorène Allano, Sèvres, FR;

Léontine Jacolin, Paris, FR;

Christophe Tachier, Lyons, FR;

Assignee:

bioMérieux, Marcy l'Etoile, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/01 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01); G01N 21/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/01 (2013.01); G01N 21/17 (2013.01); G01N 21/255 (2013.01); G01N 21/27 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0626 (2013.01);
Abstract

An imaging system for generating images of biological samples having a surface, the system comprising: a sample support for supporting a biological sample in use; a plurality of illumination sources, the plurality of illumination sources being arranged around the sample support and each adapted to illuminate the biological sample, in use, from a different direction; an image capture device for capturing illumination which has impinged on the biological sample to thereby form an image of the sample; wherein at least one of the illumination sources direction is not perpendicular to the surface of the sample.


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