Patent ID: 7595838
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: A61B,G01N

Abstract:
1. An imaging system for capturing an image of a sample with a camera, the imaging system comprising: an imaging box having a set of walls enclosing an interior cavity; a camera mount configured to position the camera within the interior cavity; a moveable stage apparatus including a transport mechanism and a stage configured to support the sample within the interior cavity, the stage being coupled to the transport mechanism for movement of the sample to one of a plurality of positions of the stage relative to the camera in the interior cavity, wherein the stage and the camera are configured to rotate relative to each other to a first position of the stage relative to the camera and to a second position of the stage relative to the camera; and a light transmission device configured to direct light reflected or emitted from the sample to the camera for each of the plurality of positions of the stage relative to the camera in the interior cavity.