ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,297, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE (Rome).

"System and method for adjusting the alignment of a light sheet microscope" was invented by Ludovico Silvestri (Rome).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is disclosed a system and method for adjusting the alignment of a light sheet microscope. A beam splitter intercepts a fraction of light emitted by a slice of a sample illuminated by the light sheet. The intercepted light fraction is focused to form two bidimensional images on a photodetector, each bidimensional image being formed by rays coming from a respective portion of an exit pupil of the microscop...