METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INVESTIGATING AND CONTROLLING AN OBJECT

In order to investigate an object, such as a culture of micro-organisms, the object is repeatedly investigated at two different magnifications by an image pick-up device. The images at the two different magnifications are then analysed by an image recognition device and the results of the repeated a...

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Hauptverfasser: MATSUZAKI, HARUMI, NISHIMURA, NOBUKO, NAKANO, RYUSEI, MARUHASHI, FUMIO, HAGA, RYOICHI
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Sprache:eng ; fre
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Zusammenfassung:In order to investigate an object, such as a culture of micro-organisms, the object is repeatedly investigated at two different magnifications by an image pick-up device. The images at the two different magnifications are then analysed by an image recognition device and the results of the repeated analysis are compared whereby to derive a measurement of a change in the object with time. For a culture of microorganisms, the number of cells can be determined at one magnification and the number of microscopic spherical bodies can be determined at another magnification, to obtain a measure of the activity of the culture. Preferably, one or more conditions of the object are then controlled on the basis of the measurement of change.