Patent ID: 7612350
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: G01N,G02B

Abstract:
1. A scanning microscope comprising: a light source unit that projects laser light; an optical system that converges and applies the laser light individually onto data obtaining points on a continuous biological specimen; a data obtaining order deciding unit that decides a data obtaining order such that spatially adjacent data obtaining points are not consecutive in the data obtaining order; a scanning unit that optically scans the laser light in a two-dimensional plane of the specimen in accordance with the data obtaining order; a detector that detects detection light from the data obtaining points, respectively; a storage unit that stores luminance information on the detection light detected by the detector in association with positional information on the data obtaining points, respectively; and an image formation unit that forms a two-dimensional image based on the stored associated luminance and positional information, wherein the data obtaining order deciding unit is configured to randomly decide the data obtaining order and check whether the data obtaining order includes sequential two points that are spatially adjacent, and wherein when it is determined that the data obtaining order includes the sequential two points that are spatially adjacent, the data obtaining order deciding unit replaces one of the sequential two points with another point.