Core Technologies Used in the Automated Fluorescent Microscopy Based Analyser for Pathogen Detection

• Fluorescent based microscopy
• Laser illumination
• Optics (microscope lenses, narrow-band filters)
• Precise 3-axis control of mechanical stage for positioning the BIOchip that contains the sample
• Digital imaging and image processing
• Algorithms for auto focus and analysis of sampled data
• Touch-screen graphical user interface
• Embedded controller
• Custom embedded software for sample processing, data collection and data analysis