Confocal imaging system for microscopy
US5561554A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 13, 1995 |
| Grant date | Oct 1, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 13, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B26/10
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A confocal imaging system for use in conjunction with an optical microscope, in which a slit-shaped or bar-shaped beam of light is scanned over the specimen, descanned with a fixed mask and rescanned for viewing or recording, the focusing and scanning system being constituted by wholly reflective optical systems.
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