Patent ID: 8107715
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for the imaging detection of a sample in a sample vessel ( 10 ), which is longitudinally elongate and transparent at least in sections, by means of a detection arrangement comprising: a sample vessel holder ( a first illumination arrangement comprising at least one light source ( an imaging photodetector ( a digital data processing unit for image processing and controlling the photodetector ( characterized in that a second illumination arrangement with at least one light source is provided, by means of which the sample and/or the sample vessel ( 10 ) can be illuminated through a side viewing window, and in which the method comprises the following steps: illuminating the sample and/or the sample vessel ( using the photodetector ( illuminating the sample and/or the sample vessel ( using the photodetector ( superposing the first and the second image by means of the digital data processing apparatus, and displaying the resultant superposed image on a display apparatus connected to the digital data processing apparatus.