Abstract:
A method of microphotometering individual volume elements of a microscope specimen 10, comprising generating a luminous dot or cursor and progressively illuminating a plurality of part elements in the focal plane 11 of the microscope through the specimen. The mutual position between the specimen and the focal plane is then changed and a plurality of part elements in the focal plane are illuminated. Reflected and/or fluorescent light and transmitted light respectively created by the illumination is collected, detected and stored for generating a three-dimensional image of that part of the specimen composed of the volume elements. Illumination of multiples of part elements is implemented by deflecting the cursor and/or by moving the specimen. The change in the relative mutual position between the specimen and the focal plane of the microscope is effected either by displacing the specimen or the objective. Apparatus for carrying out the method include a specimen table 301, a microscope objective and light source 31-32-33. The table or the objective are arranged for stepwise movement along the main axis of the microscope synchronously with punctilinear light scanning of the specimen. The table is arranged for stepwise movement at right angles to the main axis and/or the light source is arranged for deflection over the focal plane 21 through the specimen.
Abstract:
A plurality of parallel spaced cylindrical capillary tubes contain single cells and/or cell colonies in a medium and gel-like agarose, and the tubes are carried by a frame-like holder supported by a motor driven X-Y translation stage of an automated microscope. The microscope also incorporates an electronic optical detector and an object lens located under the tube holder. The entire contents of each tube are internally illuminated by a precision light beam emitted from a helium-neon laser and reflected by a set of precisely positioned mirrors so that the beam extends axially through each tube when the tube extends across the vertical axis of the object lens. The contents of the tubes are sequentially scanned under the control of special softward within a personal computer, and the intensity of the light reflected outwardly from each cell or cell colony is sensed by the detector and recorded in the computer along with the axial location of the reflecting cell or cell colony. Preferably, the laser light is pure red, the optical detector is sensitive to the red light, and the object lens is focused on the wall of the tube to maximize the signal-to-noise ratio and to obtain full field detection across each tube.
Abstract:
A specific small area of a crystal sample is scanned by a laser beam which rotates about an axis substantially perpendicular to the sample surface such that the intersection of the beam with a plane above and parallel to the surface describes a true spiral or a stepwise spiral pattern. The laser beam is reflected different amounts for different beam positions to produce a reflectance pattern indicative of crystallographic orientation.
Abstract:
본 발명은 진단키트를 위한 현장검사 리더기의 측정값 에러를 감소시켜 신뢰성 높은 정량화 데이터를 획득하는 현장검사 리더기 데이터의 처리 방법에 관한 것으로, 현장검사 리더기 데이터의 처리 방법은, 진단키트 내 멤브레인의 특정 영역을 레이저빔으로 스캔한 스캔 라인 신호 데이터에 기초하여 멤브레인 상의 테스트 신호 라인과 제어 신호 라인의 위치 에러를 수정하는 단계, 스캔 라인 신호 데이터의 테스트 신호 라인과 제어 신호 라인에 대한 관심 영역을 설정하는 단계, 및 관심 영역에서 각 스캔 라인 신호 데이터를 배열하고 분석하는 단계를 포함한다.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an integrated substrate inspection apparatus which is automated and carries out all of EBR/EEW inspection, pattern defect inspection, and reticle error inspection on a substrate. SOLUTION: A first image acquiring section 110 acquires a first image of the edge of a substrate, while a second image acquiring section 120 acquires a second image on the patterns of the substrate. The first image is acquired from the substrate held on a first stage 160, while the second image is acquired from the substrate held on a second stage 170. A transfer robot 180 transfers the substrate from the first stage 160 to the second stage 170. An image processing section 140 carries out the EBR/EEW inspection on the substrate based on the first image, and carries out the pattern defect inspection and the reticle error inspection based on the second image. Since various inspection steps of the substrate are carried out with the integrated substrate inspection apparatus 100, the efficiency of the substrate inspection steps is enhanced, and reliability of the various substrate inspection steps is enhanced. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A substrate inspecting apparatus is provided to be capable of carrying out many kinds of inspecting processes. CONSTITUTION: A substrate inspecting apparatus(100) is provided with the first stage(160) for supporting a substrate, the first image capture part(110) for capturing the first image of the substrate edge portion, the second stage(170) for supporting the substrate transferred from the first stage, the second image capture part(120) for capturing the second image of the substrate, and a transfer part(180) for transferring the substrate from the first stage to the second stage. The substrate inspecting apparatus further includes a data processing part(144) connected with the first and second image capture part for inspecting the results of an EBR(Edge Bead Removal) process and an EEW(Edge Exposure of Wafer) process for the substrate by using the first image of the substrate and detecting the pattern defect generated on the substrate by using the second image of the substrate.