METHOD FOR OPTICALLY SCANNING AN OBJECT AND DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and device for optically scanning a testing element for a bodily fluid. SOLUTION: The optical scanning method includes the steps of: optically scanning a scanning region of an object (2) by means of detection devices (4, 5) by displacing the detection devices (4, 5) and the object (2) relatively to one another into successive scanning positions which are spaced apart by a scanning step size along a scanning direction in an object plane; generating a plurality of scanned images by means of an optical imaging device in the scanning positions; breaking down the plurality of scanned images into scanned part images in each case, generating combined result images by combining a plurality of scanned part images in each case; and selecting at least one object measurement image from the combined result images in accordance with one or a plurality of predetermined selection criteria; wherein the partial scanning region has an extent in the scanning direction in the object plane which is larger than the scanning step size. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT