ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,740, issued on July 22, was assigned to THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas).

"Systems and methods for live projection imaging for fluorescence microscopy" was invented by Reto Fiolka (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations discussed and claimed herein provide systems and methods live projection imaging for fluorescence microscopy. In one implementation, a 3D view of a sample, such as cells, is generated for direct viewing. A projection of a volume is generated that is optically sheared into a single camera frame in light-sheet fluorescence microscopy. Optical shearing is synchronized ...