Patent ID: 7599065

Claim:
A specimen analysis system comprising: a light injection unit which injects incident light into a specimen at an injection position on the specimen, wherein the light injection unit injects incident light for a first injection duration to produce first light exiting from each of one or more positions in a first region of the specimen, and wherein the light injection unit injects incident light for a second injection duration to produce second light exiting from each of one or more positions in a second region of the specimen; an information acquisition unit which acquires first information carried by the first light exiting from each of the one or more positions in the first region of said specimen in response to injection of said incident light into the specimen for the first injection duration, and second information carried by the second light exiting from each of the one or more positions in the second region of the specimen in response to injection of said incident light into the specimen for the second injection duration, wherein the second injection duration is longer than the first injection duration, and wherein the first region is located within a predetermined distance from said injection position, and the second region is located farther from the injection position than the first region; and an information processing unit which calculates a characteristic of said specimen on the basis of said first information and said second information.