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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2018
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji, JP;
Katsuyuki Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A scanning laser microscope includes: an objective lens; an XY scanner; a Z scanner; a detector that detects fluorescence from a sample and that outputs luminance information; an image processor that generates an image based on the luminance information and scanning-position information; and a controller that controls these components, wherein while the controller shifts the scanning line by the XY scanner each time the controller scans one line by the XY scanner, the controller changes the scanning position in forward and return paths of the direction along the optical axis of the objective lens by the Z scanner, reverses, between the forward and return path, an orientation in which the scanning line is shifted by the XY scanner, and reverses, about an axial line along the main scanning direction, either the image of the plane in the forward path or the image of the plane in the return path.