Patent ID: 7949383
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: G01N,G02B

Abstract:
1. A light-tight imaging system for capturing an image of a sample, the imaging system comprising: an imaging box including: a moveable stage disposed in the cavity interior that supports the sample, said moveable stage being adapted to selectively position the sample at a selected one of a plurality of vertical positions relative to the view hole, wherein each of the plurality of vertical positions has substantially the same horizontal position in the interior cavity and each is substantially linearly closer to or substantially linearly further away from said view hole with respect to every other vertical position; and a light shield supported by said moveable stage, said light shield preventing light from said sample to translate horizontally to a portion of the moveable stage that does not support said sample, wherein said light shield includes a substantially vertical wall upstanding from a surface of the moveable stage.