Patent ID: 7355702
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: G01N,G02B

Abstract:
1. A confocal observation system, comprising: an image acquisition unit for acquiring respective optical cross sectional images of a three-dimensional specimen at a plurality of different Z positions; a three-dimensional image construction unit for constructing a three-dimensional image from a set of the optical cross sectional images acquired by the image acquisition unit; a display unit for displaying the three-dimensional image constructed by the three-dimensional image construction unit; a specification unit for specifying at least one three-dimensional region in the three-dimensional image displayed on the display unit; and a region acquisition unit for acquiring a set of cross sectional regions corresponding to the at least one three-dimensional region specified by the specification unit, wherein the specified three-dimensional region is at least one of observed and stimulated by irradiating the set of cross sectional regions acquired by the region acquisition unit with at least one of excitation light and stimulation light.