Patent ID: 9029803
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: G01N,G02B,G06K,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A fluorescent-image acquisition apparatus comprising: an excitement-light source for radiating excitement light to a fluorescent marker on a biological sample; a dark-field radiation system; an objective lens for enlarging an image of a member of said biological sample; an image pickup device for forming said member image enlarged by said objective lens to appear as a fluorescent image of said member; a focal-point movement control means for moving the focal point of said objective lens in the thickness direction of said biological sample; and an image-pickup control means for exposing the image pickup device to light during an entire exposure period started when the focal-point movement control means commences moving the focal point of the objective lens in the thickness direction of the biological sample, and acquiring the member image enlarged by the objective lens to appear as the fluorescent image of the member from the pickup device at an end of the exposure period.