Patent ID: 7580185

Claim:
A microscopy system for visualizing a fluorescence of a fluorescent substance in an object to be inspected, comprising: a microscopy optics having a first beam path for optically imaging an object region onto a light detecting component of a first camera for generating first image data representing images of the object region with light including wavelengths of a first wavelength range comprising a fluorescent emission wavelength of the fluorescent substance, and a second beam path for providing a magnified first representation of the object region, wherein the first representation represents images of the object region with light including wavelengths of a second wavelength range comprising at least visible light; a memory for storing a set of first image data detected by the first camera during a time duration, the first set of image data representing a first time series of images of the object region for the time duration; a display system; and a controller for accessing the stored set of first image data from the memory, the controller selecting a subset of image data from the first set of image data, the subset representing a second time series of images of the object region selected from the first time series of images of the object region, the second time series of images of the object region being fewer in number than the first time series of images of the object region, the controller supplying plural second representations generated from the second time series of images of the stored set of first image data to the display system so as to cause the display system to sequentially display the plural second representations generated from the second time series of images of the stored set of first image data such that the plural second representations are displayed in superposition with the first representation for observation by a user.