Imaging method and system for analyzing in-vitro biological samples
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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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BIOMERIEUX | 69280 MARCY-L'ÉTOILE |
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Allano, Lorène | Sèvres, FR | 3 | 41 |
# of filed Patents : 3 Total Citations : 41 | |||
Boissier, Guillaume | Lyons, FR | 5 | 44 |
# of filed Patents : 5 Total Citations : 44 | |||
Decaux, Dominique | Chaponost, FR | 11 | 113 |
# of filed Patents : 11 Total Citations : 113 | |||
Desseree, Denis | Montluel, FR | 6 | 49 |
# of filed Patents : 6 Total Citations : 49 | |||
Fulchiron, Corine | Serrières de Briord, FR | 6 | 99 |
# of filed Patents : 6 Total Citations : 99 | |||
Jacolin, Léontine | Paris, FR | 2 | 41 |
# of filed Patents : 2 Total Citations : 41 | |||
Lapierre, Lorette | Ambronay, FR | 2 | 41 |
# of filed Patents : 2 Total Citations : 41 | |||
Pinston, Frédéric | Grenoble, FR | 16 | 128 |
# of filed Patents : 16 Total Citations : 128 | |||
Tachier, Christophe | Lyons, FR | 2 | 41 |
# of filed Patents : 2 Total Citations : 41 |
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