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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2025
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Akashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image acquisition method of acquiring, with respect to a sample including a cell in a fluid that is contained in a vessel, a phase contrast image picked up with use of an image pickup apparatus, the image acquisition method including: acquiring, when a target range of the sample for which the phase contrast image is to be acquired is divided into N areas, exposure acquisition images by picking up images of M areas out of the N areas, with M satisfying M<N; calculating appropriate exposure conditions with respect to the exposure acquisition images; determining exposure conditions for picking up images of the respective N areas; determining an image pickup order of the N areas; acquiring images-to-be-combined by picking up the images of the respective N areas; and combining the images-to-be-combined.
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