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Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 23, 2016
Applicant:

Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Yasujiro Kiyota, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/31 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/26 (2006.01); G02B 21/36 (2006.01); G02B 21/24 (2006.01); C12M 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 41/14 (2013.01); C12M 41/46 (2013.01); G01N 1/312 (2013.01); G01N 35/0099 (2013.01); G02B 21/241 (2013.01); G02B 21/26 (2013.01); G02B 21/367 (2013.01);
Abstract

An imaging section of a microscope apparatus captures a plurality of microscope images each having the focal position which differs in the field being same with a light flux having passed through a microscopic optical system. A region separating section separates a cellular region from a non-cellular region by using the plurality of the microscope images. A focusing position calculating section finds a focusing position in a target pixel included in the cellular region based on a brightness change in the position being same in the plurality of the microscope images. A three dimensional information generating section generates three dimensional information of a cultured cell based on a position of the cellular region and the focusing position in the target pixel.


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