Patent ID: 6798571
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: G01B,G02B,H04N

Abstract:
An illumination system for imaging a specimen, the system comprising:a motorized stage, in an optical system, for moving the specimen while image tiles of the specimen are captured; a pulsed light illumination system directed toward the motorized stage in the optical system, wherein the pulsed light illumination system optically stops motion on the motorized stage while allowing continuous physical movement of the motorized stage and thus the specimen, a stage position detector, associated with the motorized stage, wherein the stage position detector controls firing of the pulsed light illumination system at predetermined positions of the motorized stage; and a microscopic camera directed toward the motorized stage to capture an image tile when the pulsed light illumination system illuminates and when the motorized stage is positioned at a next tile location, thereby aligning image tiles by eliminating overlapping of image tiles and eliminating gaps between image tiles.