Cambridge Technology has introduced software that enables entire surfaces to be scanned at camera-frame rates.
This produces high quality mosaics even faster for examination at best available microscope resolution.
For example, collecting 340 images with a digital camera resolution of 1392 x 1040 pixels, producing a final image of 23,596 x 20,720 pixels can be achieved in 42 seconds.
This capability is available for a range of subjects from rapid entire-slide scanning to integrated circuit examination.
Predicative focus is one of the innovations that enables these speeds.
Predicative focus describes how the surface is maintained at a constant distance from the microscope objective lens.
