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7381973 Analyzer system and method incorporating excimer UV fluorescence detection  
A system for measuring the amount of sulfur in a sample is provided comprising a UV fluorescence detector for determining the sulfur dioxide content of the sample and an analyzer for receiving the...
7381972 System and method for light fluorescence detection  
A device for determining the presence or absence of at least one substance is described. The device includes an illumination component including at least one light emitting diode in the forward...
7375347 Systems and methods for extending the useful life of optical sensors  
The present invention provides a method for increasing the lifetime of an optical sensor. In one aspect, the method includes the step of configuring the optical sensor so that the duty cycle of...
7362454 Method and system for measuring overcoat layer thickness on a thin film disk  
A method for measuring the thickness of a thin film disk overcoat layer includes radiating x-rays on a thin film disk comprising at least one base layer and an overcoat layer, collecting...
7335898 Method and apparatus for fluorescent confocal microscopy  
A new and improved confocal fluorescence microscope is presented. The new microscope has significant advantages relative to existing implementations of microscope confocal imagers. In common with...
7333195 Method for detecting photosynthesis inhibition  
This invention relates to a method for detecting the photosynthesis-inhibitory activity of substances by providing cells or cell parts with an intact photosystem, introducing the cells or cell...
7329860 Confocal imaging methods and apparatus  
The invention provides imaging apparatus and methods useful for obtaining a high resolution image of a sample at rapid scan rates. A rectangular detector array having a horizontal dimension that is...
7323696 Phosphor particle coded beads  
Beads coded with phosphor particles and methods of making and using them are provided.
7317194 Microscope for performing multiple frequency fluorometric measurements  
An optical imager, such as a microscope for performing multiple frequency fluorometric measurements comprising a light source, such as a laser source is disclosed. The system is used to excite a...
7315030 Laser scanning microscope, storage medium storing spectral data acquisition program, and spectral data acquisition method  
A laser scanning microscope enables an observation of a specimen through emitting a laser beam onto the specimen marked by a plurality of fluorescent probes and receiving a fluorescent light back...
7304733 Method and device for conducting the spectral differentiating, imaging measurement of fluorescent light  
A method and a device for image producing measurement of fluorescent light, according to which a sample containing fluorophores of different species is irradiated with excitation light of at least...
7298475 Method and apparatus for stand-off chemical detection  
A method, suitable for stand off analysis of a sample ( 2 ), comprising: (i) using an excitation means ( 6 ) to vaporise the sample ( 2 ) thereby producing a vapour plume ( 10 ) of molecular...
7297963 Method for determination of fuel thermal stability  
A method of evaluating thermal stability of a fuel and an apparatus used therein. The method includes heating the fuel to a given temperature, directing light through the heated fuel a first time...
7297962 Method for performing spacially coordinated high speed fluorometric measurements  
An optical imager, such as a microscope for performing multiple frequency fluorometric measurements comprising a light source, such as a laser source is disclosed. The system is used to excite a...
7280203 Method for setting a fluorescence spectrum measurement system for microscopy  
A method for separating fluorescence spectra of dyes present in a specimen ( 15 ) is disclosed. Firstly a spectral scan of the fluorescence spectrum of all the dyes present in the specimen ( 15 )...
7274028 Characterizing fluorescent and/or phosphorescent materials  
A method spectrally and temporally characterizing the fluorescence and/or phosphorescence of a material includes using a frequency-domain cross-correlation fluorometer-phosphorimeter employing an...
7271952 Microscope imaging apparatus and biological-specimen examination system  
A microscope imaging apparatus and a biological-specimen examination system that can accurately carry out measurement even for an object under examination having substantial brightness...
7268355 Excimer UV fluorescence detection  
A UV fluorescence detection system is provided comprising a dielectric barrier-discharge excimer lamp, an applied excitation source for communication with the excimer lamp; a fluorescence chamber...
7267457 Method for detecting forensic evidence  
A method for detecting forensic evidence. The method includes use of a forensic light that may utilize a variety of semiconductor light sources to produce light that contrasts forensic evidence...
7265363 Microscope examination method, optical stimulation apparatus, and microscope examination apparatus  
While carrying out microscope examination, it is possible to specify a position to be irradiated with optical stimulus light and to accurately apply an optical stimulus to the specified irradiation...
7250612 Devices and methods capable of authenticating batteries  
Battery-powered devices which are capable of authenticating batteries. In one embodiment, a device comprises: a battery, an excitation source, a photodetector, and an operating system. The device...
7248360 Polychronic laser scanning system and method of use  
A system for laser scanning provides spectral flexibility needed for the spectroscopic monitoring of highly multiplexed samples, such as cellular and particle assays in whole blood or other...
7248355 Using special visibility materials proximate candidate component locations to enhance recognition  
The invention in one implementation encompasses the use of special visibility material to enhance the ability of computer-aided visual inspection machines to detect errors in placement or...
7247443 Sensor constructs and detection methods  
Sensor constructs for detecting the presence of an analyte in a sample comprise a molecular scaffold, a pair of labels which interact via Förster resonance energy transfer, and at least one...
7227112 Method for setting the system parameters of a scanning microscope  
The present invention concerns a method for setting the system parameters of a scanning microscope, preferably a confocal scanning microscope, acquisition of an image of the specimen performed with...
7221455 Integrated, fluorescence-detecting microanalytical system  
The present invention relates to a functionally integrated microanalytical system for performing fluorescence spectroscopy. A source of fluorescence-exciting radiation, typically a LED, is...
7217937 Automatic identification of suspended particles  
The present invention relates to the automatic analysis and identification of different species of particles in a liquid sample using both fluorescent tagging and magnification techniques. A light...
7211807 Readout method performed by stripe scanning planar objects with substances emitting fluorescence radiation  
The subject matter of the invention is a readout method performed by stripe scanning planar objects with substances emitting fluorescence radiation, a detector being provided and said fluorescence...
7202953 Scanning microscopic method having high axial resolution  
The invention relates to a method for optically detecting at least one entity which is arranged on a substrate. The at least one entity is scanned with a measuring volume using at least one...
7199376 Method and apparatus for monitoring a condition in chlorophyll containing matter  
A method of monitoring health in chlorophyll containing matter comprises exposing the matter to a light source to cause chlorophyll to fluoresce and emit a fluorescence signal. Any changes in a...
RE39537 Signal generation and mixing electronics for frequency-domain lifetime and spectral fluorometry  
The present invention additionally comprises a method and apparatus for generating and mixing signals for frequency-domain lifetime and spectral fluorometry. The present invention comprises a...
7192783 Stokes shift emission spectroscopy for detection of disease and physiological state of specimen  
The Stokes shift emission spectra were measured for various samples, including tissues containing photoactive bio-molecules such as tryptophan, elastin, collagen, NADH and flavin. This new approach...
7186990 Method and apparatus for detecting and imaging the presence of biological materials  
Method and apparatus for the detection of biological material on non-living surfaces in which samples are exposed to electromagnetic radiation of specific energies capable of exciting various...
7170597 Microplate reader  
A method and apparatus for the measurement of radiation, especially fluorescence from samples in assays, wherein a plurality of micro-sample light emitting sites are imaged simultaneously onto a...
7158294 Laser scanning confocal microscope apparatus, image recording method, and recording medium  
An image recording method for use in a confocal laser scanning microscope apparatus is configured to scan a specimen with each of a plurality of laser lights at least having different wavelengths...
7154599 Spectrometer incorporating signal matched filtering  
An optical system for performing a spectral analysis of test samples is provided. The optical system comprises a photonic energy source, an optical emission processing system, a received light...
7148492 System, method, and product for providing a wavelength tunable excitation beam  
A method for scanning a probe array is described. The method comprises tuning an excitation light to a plurality of wavelengths each within an excitation range of a fluorescent label associated...
7141801 System and method of illuminating living cells for imaging  
A system and method of providing illumination for a cell imaging system delivering modulated light for illumination of a sample. Modulation of illumination intensity may be effectuated by pulsing...
7139073 Imaging apparatus  
An image pickup system is equipped with a cylindrical lens CL, which, for a light flux emitted from light source 1 , converges only light flux components of a single direction within a section...
7138280 Masking of the background fluorescence and luminescence in the optical analysis of biomedical assays  
In a process for the quantitative optical analysis of biological cells labelled with a fluorescent dye, the sensitivity of analytical detection can be considerably improved if a masking dye, which...
7128875 Signal processing devices comprising biological and bio-mimetic components  
This invention provides modified phycobilisomes and phycobilisome complexes that are supramolecular complexes with diverse spectral properties, and which may optionally be immobilized on a...
7122812 Leak detection lamp  
A light source for examining sites in heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems for leaks using a fluorescent dye is described. The light source can include a low voltage lamp or a low...
7115885 Method and device for multi photon excitation of a sample  
In a method for multi photon excitation of a sample a laser beam is split into at least two coherent partial beams each having a beam axis and a same intensity distribution about its beam axis. The...
7115884 Self-encoding fiber optic sensor  
Self-encoding microspheres having distinct characteristic optical response signatures to specific target analytes may be mixed together while the ability is retained to identify the sensor type and...
7112806 Bio-imaging and information system for scanning, detecting, diagnosing and optimizing plant health  
A portable Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging Time (CFIT) system for use in determining plant health. The system includes an enclosure for placement around a plant to be imaged in-situ. There is a...
7109495 Fluorometer with low heat-generating light source  
This invention concerns a fluorometer preferably combined with a thermal cycler useful in biochemical protocols such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA melting curve analysis. The present...
7098039 Analysis of a sample to determine its characteristic cycle time  
An analysis for determining a characteristic cycle time of a sample. Active elements in the sample are excited with sufficient intensity and duration larger than the characteristic cycle time that...
7089698 Method and apparatus for charging efflorescent material utilizing ultra violet light  
This invention provides method of rapidly charging a glow-in-the-dark material utilizing an ultra violet emitting LED in portable form to produce a long lasting illuminating effect. The method...
7089123 Array scanner control system  
An optical scanning system adapted to physically adjust scanner settings in response to control feature readings is disclosed. The scanner and methodology finds particular use in reading of...
7084409 Sensing device and method for measuring emission time delay during irradiation of targeted samples utilizing variable phase tracking  
An apparatus for measuring emission time delay during irradiation of targeted samples by utilizing digital signal processing to determine the emission phase shift caused by the sample is disclosed....