US20190227054 SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR MICROSCOPIC IMAGING

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Application Number 16373354

Application Date 02.04.2019

Publication Number 20190227054

Publication Date 25.07.2019

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Applicants Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Inventors Sanjeewa Abeytunge
Milind Rajadhyaksha
Ricardo Toledo-Crow
Kivanc Kose

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(EN) SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR MICROSCOPIC IMAGING

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Illustrative systems, methods and non-transitory computer-accessible mediums are provided for aligning a focal plane and a sample plane to be imaged.

G	PHYSICS
01	MEASURING; TESTING
N	INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
33	Investigating or analysing materials by specific methods not covered by groups G01N1/-G01N31/131
48	Biological material, e.g. blood, urine; Haemocytometers
50	Chemical analysis of biological material, e.g. blood, urine; Testing involving biospecific ligand binding methods; Immunological testing

G	PHYSICS
02	OPTICS
B	OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
21	Microscopes

G	PHYSICS
02	OPTICS
B	OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
21	Microscopes
36	arranged for photographic purposes or projection purposes

G	PHYSICS
06	COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
T	IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
3	Geometric image transformation in the plane of the image
40	Scaling of a whole image or part thereof

G	PHYSICS
01	MEASURING; TESTING
N	INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
33	Investigating or analysing materials by specific methods not covered by groups G01N1/-G01N31/131
48	Biological material, e.g. blood, urine; Haemocytometers
50	Chemical analysis of biological material, e.g. blood, urine; Testing involving biospecific ligand binding methods; Immunological testing

G	PHYSICS
06	COMPUTING; CALCULATING; COUNTING
T	IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
3	Geometric image transformation in the plane of the image
40	Scaling the whole image or part thereof
4038	for image mosaicing, i.e. plane images composed of plane sub-images

G	PHYSICS
02	OPTICS
B	OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
21	Microscopes
0004	specially adapted for specific applications
002	Scanning microscopes
0024	Confocal scanning microscopes (CSOMs) or confocal "macroscopes"; Accessories which are not restricted to use with CSOMs, e.g. sample holders
008	Details of detection or image processing, including general computer control

G	PHYSICS
01	MEASURING; TESTING
N	INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
21	Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using sub-millimetre waves, infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
62	Systems in which the material investigated is excited whereby it emits light or causes a change in wavelength of the incident light
63	optically excited
64	Fluorescence; Phosphorescence
645	Specially adapted constructive features of fluorimeters
6456	Spatial resolved fluorescence measurements; Imaging
6458	Fluorescence microscopy

G	PHYSICS
02	OPTICS
B	OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
21	Microscopes
36	arranged for photographic purposes or projection purposes
365	Control or image processing arrangements for digital or video microscopes
367	providing an output produced by processing a plurality of individual source images, e.g. image tiling, montage, composite images, depth sectioning, image comparison

G	PHYSICS
02	OPTICS
B	OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
21	Microscopes
0004	specially adapted for specific applications
002	Scanning microscopes
0024	Confocal scanning microscopes (CSOMs) or confocal "macroscopes"; Accessories which are not restricted to use with CSOMs, e.g. sample holders
008	Details of detection or image processing, including general computer control