Patent classifications
G01N15/1425
COMPENSATION EDITOR
Disclosed herein include systems, devices, methods, and spillover editor for displaying and editing spillover values. A view of a spillover editor can comprise a triangular grid of rows and columns, representing flourophores, each comprising at least one display area and two spillover values. After receiving an adjusted spillover value, an adjusted view of the spillover editor can comprise adjusted plots determined using the adjusted spillover value.
Device, System and Method For The Detection and Screening of Plastic Microparticles
A device, system and method for the detection and screening of plastic microparticles in a sample is disclosed. A nanoporous silicon nitride membrane is used to entrap plastic microparticles contained in the sample. The sample may be a water sample, an air sample, or other liquid or gas sample. The entrapped plastic microparticles are then heated or otherwise processed on the nanoporous silicon nitride membrane. An imaging system observes the nanoporous silicon nitride membrane with tic entrapped plastic microparticles to determine the type and quantity of the various plastic microparticles that are entrapped on the membrane.
Image processing device, fine particle sorting device, and image processing method
Provided are: an image processing device; a fine particle sorting device; and an image processing method, in which electric charge can be easily and accurately applied to a droplet. An image processing device including: a control unit adapted to set a light source lighting delay time to control a light source, the light source lighting delay time indicating a time from a time point when a fine particle in fluid is detected by a detection unit until a time point when the light source is turned on for the fine particle included in a droplet formed from the fluid; a processing unit adapted to identify positional information of the fine particle on the basis of an image of the fine particle acquired in accordance with lighting of the light source during the set light source lighting delay time; and a recording unit adapted to record, in a correlated manner, the positional information identified in the processing unit and the light source lighting delay time. The processing unit determines, as a drop delay time, a light source lighting delay time correlated to target positional information that is predetermined positional information, and the drop delay time indicates a time from the time point when the fine particle is detected by the detection unit until the droplet is formed from the fluid containing the fine particle.
FLOW CYTOMETER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR SMART FLOW CYTOMETERS WITH SELF MONITORING
In some embodiments, a plurality of smart flow cytometers are coupled into communication with a computer communication network. A central repair server system is coupled into communication with the computer communication network and the plurality of smart flow cytometers. Each of the plurality of smart flow cytometers includes a monitoring system coupled to monitor differing operational parameters of the smart flow cytometer for possible failure. The monitoring system can detect an advanced failure of components based on the operational parameters being monitored. The monitoring system can also detect an advanced need for repair and maintenance based on the operational parameters being monitored.
3D DIFFRACTION TOMOGRAPHY MICROSCOPY IMAGING METHOD BASED ON LED ARRAY CODED ILLUMINATION
The present invention discloses a three-dimensional diffraction tomography microscopy imaging method based on LED array coded illumination. Firstly, acquiring the raw intensity images, three sets of intensity image stacks are acquired at different out-of-focus positions by moving the stage or using electrically tunable lens. And then, after acquiring the intensity image stacks of the object to be measured at different out-of-focus positions, the three-dimensional phase transfer function of the microscopy imaging system with arbitrary shape illumination is derived. Further, the three-dimensional phase transfer function of the microscopic system under circular and annular illumination with different coherence coefficients is obtained as well, and the three-dimensional quantitative refractive index is reconstructed by inverse Fourier transform of the three-dimensional scattering potential function. The scattering potential function is converted into the refractive index distribution. Thus, the quantitative three-dimensional refractive index distribution of the test object is obtained. The invention realizes high-resolution and high signal-to-noise ratio 3D diffraction tomography microscopic imaging of cells, tiny biological tissues and other samples.
PARTICLE MEASURING DEVICE AND PARTICLE MEASURING METHOD
A particle measuring device includes: a detection unit that detects scattered light generated due to interaction between a particle contained in a liquid sample and light incident thereon, and converts the detected scattered light into a signal; an addition unit that performs a predetermined number of parallel processing on the signal to add the predetermined number of uncorrelated noises thereto and outputs the resulting signals; a binarization unit that binarizes the resulting signals using a binarization threshold set in accordance with the liquid sample, and outputs the binarized signals; a calculation unit that calculates and outputs a value based on the binarized signals; a filter unit that passes a predetermined frequency component of the output of the calculation unit; and a determination unit that determines that the particle is present when an output of the filter unit exceeds a predetermined particle threshold.
Particulate collection and analysis
Embodiments relate to a system for particulate matter collection and analysis. The embodiments include system components and an associated control system. One or more of the components are dynamically adjustable. Fluid flow is captured by a capture medium positioned relative to a fluid channel, and particulate matter present within the fluid flow is acquired. A modifiable component is provided relative to the capture medium. The control system is provided in communication with the system components and functions to provide and support dynamic adjustment of the modifiable component in response to acquired particulate matter and analysis thereof.
NANOPARTICLE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND METHOD BASED ON DETECTION OF SCATTERED LIGHT WITH ELECTRIC DIPOLE ROTATION
The present application discloses a nanoparticle recognition device and method based on detection of scattered light with electric dipole rotation. According to the scattering model of nanoparticles, the in situ detection of particle morphology in an optical trap is realized by the methods of particle suspension control and scattered light detection and separation. Specifically, two linearly polarized laser beams are used, wherein the first laser beam suspends nanoparticles and rotates nanoparticles by adjusting the polarization direction; the polarization direction of the second linearly polarized light is unchanged, and scattered light in a specific dipole direction is excited; the change of the polarizability of the nanoparticles is deduced by monitoring the change of the light intensity of the scattered light excited by the second laser beam at the fixed position, so that particle morphology recognition is realized.
Multi-modal fluorescence imaging flow cytometry system
In one aspect, the present teachings provide a system for performing cytometry that can be operated in three operational modes. In one operational mode, a fluorescence image of a sample is obtained by exciting one or more fluorophore(s) present in the sample by an excitation beam formed as a superposition of a top-hat-shaped beam with a plurality of beams that are radiofrequency shifted relative to one another. In another operational mode, a sample can be illuminated successively over a time interval by a laser beam at a plurality of excitation frequencies in a scanning fashion. In yet another operational mode, the system can be operated to illuminate a plurality of locations of a sample concurrently by a single excitation frequency, which can be generated, e.g., by shifting the central frequency of a laser beam by a radiofrequency. The detected fluorescence radiation can be used to analyze the fluorescence content of the sample, e.g., a cell/particle.
DEVICE FOR DETECTING SUBSTANCE TO BE MEASURED, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SUBSTANCE TO BE MEASURED
An object of a device and a method for detecting a substance to be measured according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is to conveniently detect a biological substance, such as a bacterium or a fungus. The detection device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a container that retains a solution containing a substance to be measured and a magnetic labeling substance that binds specifically to the substance to be measured, a flow generating unit that generates a flow in a first direction at least in the solution, a magnetic field generating unit that generates a magnetic field gradient in the solution, and a detection unit that detects composite particles, based on motion of particles in a predetermined region in the solution, the composite particles including the substance to be measured and the magnetic labeling substance bound together.