Patent ID: 9019360
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G01N,G02B

Abstract:
1. A microscope for analyzing a biological tissue, comprising: a stage for placing an object under observation that is the biological tissue; a first light source with an optical system for radiating illumination light to the object under observation; a second light source with an optical system for radiating excitation light for exciting fluorescent light to the object under observation; an image detecting part for detecting an image of the object under observation formed by the illumination light; a fluorescent image detecting part for detecting a fluorescent image of the biological tissue formed by the fluorescent light, said stage, the fluorescent image detection part, and the second light source being configured to capture a fluorescent image of a horizontal cross section of the biological tissue and a vicinity thereof at multiple levels along a height of the biological tissue; and a control part that determines a fluorescent observation portion of the biological tissue from which said fluorescent image of said horizontal cross section is taken at the multiple vertical levels, wherein the control part determines the fluorescent observation portion by: wherein, after determining the fluorescent observation portion, the control part causes the image detecting part and the fluorescent image detecting part to detect an image of the biological tissue and a fluorescent image of a horizontal cross section of the biological tissue at multiple levels in the vertical direction within the fluorescent observation portion, said multiple levels being distributed in the vertical length of the fluorescent observation portion at a predetermined interval.