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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2001
Tony Wilson, Oxfordshire, GB;
Mark Andrew Aquilla Neil, Oxfordshire, GB;
Rimvydas Juskaitis, Oxfordshire, GB;
Isis Innovation Limited, Summertown, GB;
Abstract
The confocal microscope has two matched light sources: a first light source ( ) and a second light source ( ). The light sources ( ) are arranged to illuminate opposite sides of a modulating mask ( ). The light either reflecting from or passing through the modulating mask ( ) is then used to illuminate an object O supported on a mount ( ). The microscope is arranged so that the object O is mounted on the opposite side of the mask ( ) to a camera ( ) such that light reflected from the object O passes through the modulating mask ( ) before being captured by the camera ( ). Subtraction of the image produced using the second light source ( ) from the image produced using the first light source ( ) generates a confocal image that contains substantially less noise than is possible with available confocal microscopy apparatus.