Confocal microscopic equipment
US6248995A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 15, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jun 19, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B21/0084
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Confocal microscopic equipment that can photograph confocal images at high speed and with good signal to noise ratio, wherein the equipment obtains confocal images by rotating a disk having a plurality of apertures and by scanning a sample on which light beams passing through the apertures are focused; and comprising a light source, an optical microscope, a high speed camera that photographs confocal images, a high speed confocal scanner that scans a sample with an output light beam from the light source via the optical microscope, and outputs the return light from the sample to the high speed camera, and a memory that stores confocal images photographed with the high speed camera on a real time basis.
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