Patent ID: 7141378
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: B82Y,C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for detecting a presence of one or more target analytes in particular regions of interest of one or more samples, the method comprising: providing one or more samples including a plurality of objects and one or more target analytes, wherein at least some of the target analytes are labeled with a fluorophore and are bound to at least some of the objects in the one or more samples; illuminating the one or more samples with fluorescence inducing light; collecting fluorescent light from one or more regions of the one or more samples; performing at least one anisotropy measurement of the one or more samples to identify one or more regions of interest where one or more target analytes are bound to the objects, wherein the regions of interest are identified as regions of the sample having a measured anisotropy value that exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and analyzing the collected fluorescent light from the regions of interest to determine a presence of target analytes that are bound to the objects in the one or more samples.