Patent ID: 9594237
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. A method of scanning a scanning field of a multifocal laser scanning microscope having a slower scanner and a faster scanner, the scanning field having X columns and Y lines, wherein X and Y are integers greater than 0, comprising: disposing N laser spots in the scanning field along a scanning direction of the slower scanner, wherein the laser spots have a spacing of D between each other and each laser spot has an associated raster area comprising K adjacent lines, wherein N is greater than 0 and K is greater than 1; determining a spacing A of the K lines in each associated raster area such that A=D/K simultaneously scanning the laser spots across the associated raster areas; moving the laser spots along or against the scanning direction of the slower laser by a skip distance, thereby associating a different raster area with each laser spot; and repeating above steps until at least Y lines have been scanned in total.