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MICROCOPY [2 records]

Record 1 2007-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Reprography
  • Types of Documentation (Library Science)
DEF

A method of photographing original documents, drawings, etc. at a greatly reduced scale on film or paper.

OBS

micro-image : The image of a single microcopy.

Key term(s)
  • micro-copying
  • microimaging

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Reprographie
  • Documentation (Bibliothéconomie)
CONT

Microcopie. Ce procédé [...] permet d'obtenir des images très petites qu'on ne peut lire qu'à l'aide d'un «appareil de lecture» dans lequel chaque petite vue est visible sur écran parce qu'elle y a été projetée agrandie.

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biotechnology
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
CONT

The image acquisition system we developed is based on a conventional light microscope. The following components are integrated into the system: Cooled CCD Camera. A cooled CCD camera is attached to the microscope to obtaining high quality digital images directly. The CCD chip is capable of acquiring images of 1317 - 1035 pixels with 12 bits/pixel depth. Image acquisition parameters such as image size and exposure time can be changed by software.

OBS

three-dimensionl light microcopy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biotechnologie
  • Génétique
  • Biologie moléculaire
CONT

Parallèlement, le Genosensor Consortium progressait et révélait ses deux axes de recherche dans le domaine des DNA Chips : les CCD chips ou génocapteurs optiques.

Spanish

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