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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2010
Applicants:
Tom Olesen, Gørløse, DK;
Martin Christian Valvik, Hillerød, DK;
Niels Agersnap Larsen, Lyngby, DK;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/18 (2006.01); G02B 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/0004 (2013.01); C12Q 1/18 (2013.01); G02B 21/365 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a system and a method for determination of a value for at least one parameter describing microbial activity of individual biological organisms in a liquid sample. Images, wherein individual biological organisms may be identified, are combined to provide optical sectionings of the biological organisms and the optical sectionings are analyzed to determine the value for said at least one parameter describing microbial activity of said individual biological organisms in each sample container.