Imaging method and apparatus
CA 2562384 C · Owner: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. · Inventors: Ragsdale, Charles W.
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A method is provided for measuring a response to a stimulus of a plurality of samples spots of a sample using a measuring system having a measurement range to generate an image of the sample in digital space. The method includes for , each sample, while measuring the response varying the stimulus to include at , least one stimulus value where the measured response corresponds to a value in an intermediate portion of the measuring range and storing a value of the , measured response that corresponds to a value in the intermediate portion of the measurement range, and the stimulus value that produced that value of the measured response.
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- Filed April 13, 2005 and granted May 28, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 13, 2025.
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