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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
May. 07, 2012
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;
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;
bioMérieux, Marcy l'Etoile, FR;
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.