Patent ID: 7034299
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: G01N,G06T,H01J

Abstract:
1. A transmission electron microscope system comprising: database means for storing a plurality of specimen pretreatment methods and a plurality of imaging conditions, each specimen pretreatment method and each imaging condition being for capturing a transmitted electron image of a different type of specimen under a transmission electron microscope, said specimen containing microscopic things such as viruses and proteins; selection means, from said plurality of specimen pretreatment methods and said plurality of imaging conditions stored in said database means, for selecting a specimen pretreatment method and an imaging condition suitable for a specimen to be inspected containing microscopic things such as viruses and proteins; transmitted electron image capturing means for capturing a transmitted electron image of said specimen to be inspected under said selected imaging condition after said specimen to be inspected is pretreated by said specimen pretreatment method selected by said selection means; and image processing means for processing said transmitted electron image captured by said transmitted electron image capturing means to identify said microscopic things present in said specimen to be inspected.