Patent ID: 8355559

Claim:
A method for reviewing a defect, comprising the steps of: design information cutting out step for cutting out a design information of a defect region on a sample including coordinate information of a defect detected with an inspection apparatus by using defect information of the sample detected beforehand by the inspection apparatus and design information of the sample; defect detection method selecting step for selecting defect detection method according to repetitiveness of patterns formed on the sample which is calculated from the design information of the defect region cut out by the design information cutting out step; first image acquisition step for acquiring an image of the defect on the sample with a first amplification, which is detected beforehand by the inspection apparatus, under a first defect detection method selected from plural defect detection methods by the defect detection method selecting step; defect detection step for detecting the defect from the image obtained by the first image acquisition step under the first defect detection method selected by the defect detection method selecting step; and second imaging step for imaging the defect detected by the defect detection step with a second amplification.