Patent ID: 7046359
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: G01J,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for detecting dynamic changes that occur in a sample between a first time interval and a second time interval using a series of at least first and second sequential chemical images of the sample, wherein the first chemical image corresponds to an image of the sample during a first time interval, and the second chemical image corresponds to an image of the sample at a second time interval after the first time interval, the method comprising: (a) during the first time interval: (b) combining the results of steps (a)(ii) and (a)(iii) to generate the first chemical image of the sample; (c) during the second time interval: (d) combining the results of steps (c)(ii) and (c)(iii) to generate the second chemical image of the sample; and (e) detecting dynamic changes occurring in the sample between the first time interval and the second time interval based on one or more differences between the first and second chemical images.