Patent ID: 7834989

Claim:
A luminescence imaging installation comprising a lightproof enclosure containing: a support adapted to receive a sample to be imaged; a detector adapted to detect a luminescence image from the sample to be imaged, corresponding to a light signal emitted from inside of the sample; and a light reflector device for reflecting light towards the detector, surrounding the support at least in part, presenting at least two portions that are inclined relative to each other, each reflecting light from the support towards the detector, a locating device adapted to generate a locating light signal sweeping points on a surface of the sample, the detector being adapted also to detect a positioning light signal obtained by the locating signal being reflected by one of the points of the sample and then by the reflector device, the installation further comprising a processing computer unit connected to the detector, and having: a memory zone containing for each point a positioning image previously acquired by detecting said positioning signal, and corresponding to an impulse response of a system for each sample point associated with coordinates of the point in a frame of reference of the imaging installation, and a computer adapted to obtain an image associating each geometrical zone of the sample with a value of luminescence in said zone from the positioning images and the detected luminescence image.