Abstract:
In order to reduce light leak influencing the detection capability of a fluorescence imaging apparatus, an interference filter and an absorption filter on an emission-side filter section are arranged serially in the traveling direction of the fluorescence. The interference filter and the absorption filter that are in use for such an arrangement block the waveband light equivalent to the excitation light irradiated onto a sample while fully transmitting the waveband light equivalent to the fluorescence.
Abstract:
An integrated biosensing device detects emissions from a sample when illuminated. A photo detector (20) is adjacent a site for retaining the sample (40) or receiving excitation radiation for impingement on the sample (40). A reflector (10) deflects the illumination onto the sample site and substantially guides the excitation radiation away from the photo detector. By providing a reflector, a ratio of desired detection of emissions to unwanted detection of the illumination light can be improved. This can be achieved by a reduction in an amount of the illumination reaching the photo detector, and/or by an increase in the amount of illumination of the sample and thus in the amount of emissions reaching the detector. This can be achieved more cost effectively than by using a filter. The illumination can be from above or below if the substrate is transparent.
Abstract:
A fluorescence detecting apparatus includes: an excitation light emitter for emitting excitation light exciting a fluorescent material onto a measurement object; an illumination light emitter for emitting illumination light onto the measurement object; an image pickup device for sensing light from the measurement object; and a controller for controlling the image pickup device, the excitation light emitter, and the illumination light emitter. The excitation light is emitted from the excitation light emitter onto the measurement object to define an image pickup condition of the image pickup device, based on an image pickup result to be obtained by sensing light from the measurement object by the image pickup device. A light amount of the illumination light to be emitted from the illumination light emitter is set depending on the image pickup condition. The excitation light, and the illumination light of the set light amount are simultaneously emitted from the excitation light emitter and the illumination light emitter, to cause the image pickup device to sense light from the measurement object.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to the use of a light absorbing wall material to eliminate stray light paths in light-guiding structures, such as those used for HPLC absorbance detection. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of carbon-doped Teflon® AF, or “black Teflon® AF,” for all or part of the walls of a light-guiding flowcell adapted for use in HPLC absorbance detection.
Abstract:
This publication discloses an apparatus and method for measuring a gas content. The apparatus includes a light transmitter (1), by means of which coherent light can be sent to the measurement object (3), a receiver (2), by means of which light that has passed through the measurement object (3) can be detected, and optical means (4, 5, 6), by means of which the light intensity of the light transmitter (1) can be aimed at the receiver (2). According to the invention, the optical means include a lens element (4), the optical axis of which is arranged essentially obliquely relative to the longitudinal axis of the measurement object (3), so that the angles of the normals of the optical boundaries relative to the measuring signal are set obliquely. The lens element (4) is both a refracting and a reflecting element, and separates the measurement object (3) from the means (1, 2, 5).
Abstract:
The present invention provides an optical element for measuring information of living body for noninvasively measuring a body fluid component in a test sample of living body with high accuracy, stability, and ease. The optical element includes a light incident surface, a contact surface contacting living body and having a groove to protrude living body and a light emission surface, in which a light incident from the light incident surface is applied to living body, and the light absorbed and scattered by living body is received and emitted from the light emission surface, a light transmittance controlling means is formed from the bottom part of the valley part of the groove, on at least a part of a wall surface of the light incident surface side and/or on a wall surface of the light emission surface side of the groove.
Abstract:
A portable, scanning and analyzing apparatus that uses an integrated scan probe for the scanning operation is described. The integrated scanning probe is formed with a light emitting diode array light source and a photodiode detector array. After a test sample finishes the reaction in test strip paper, a scanner device scans the test paper to collect the optical signals at variable, consecutive intervals along the scanning path to obtain the test signal accordingly. Then, the scanner device outputs the test signal for amplification. The amplified test signals are sent to an analog/digital converter such that the amplified test signals are converted into digital signals, which are then output to a computing unit for analyzing for subjective analytical results. The computing unit couples with the controller device, wherein the controller device controls a driver device that drives the scanner device to perform the scanning operation on the test paper.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an optical element for measuring information of living body for noninvasively measuring a body fluid component in a test sample of living body with high accuracy, stability, and ease. The optical element includes a light incident surface, a contact surface contacting living body and having a groove to protrude living body and a light emission surface, in which a light incident from the light incident surface is applied to living body, and the light absorbed and scattered by living body is received and emitted from the light emission surface, a light transmittance controlling means is formed from the bottom part of the valley part of the groove, on at least a part of a wall surface of the light incident surface side and/or on a wall surface of the light emission surface side of the groove.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to the use of a light absorbing wall material to eliminate stray light paths in light-guiding structures, such as those used for HPLC absorbance detection. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of carbon-doped Teflon® AF, or “black Teflon® AF,” for all or part of the walls of a light-guiding flowcell adapted for use in HPLC absorbance detection.
Abstract:
Optical arrangement for the suppression of stray light originating from an illuminated specimen detected via an objective, with blocking out or reflecting out in part of the beam path in order to generate a shadow area for stray light in the image plane.