Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-21
2006-11-21
Wu, Jingge (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
C382S274000, C250S201300
Reexamination Certificate
active
07139415
ABSTRACT:
The invention comprises a robotic microscope system and methods that allow high through-put analysis biological materials, particularly living cells, and allows precise return to and re-imaging of the same field (e.g., the same cell) that has been imaged earlier. This capability enables experiments and testing hypotheses that deal with causality over time intervals which are not possible with conventional microscopy methods.
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Azarian Seyed
Bozicevic Field & Francis LLP
Francis Carol L.
Limbach Douglas C.
The Regents of the University of California
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