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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2005
Mitsuhiro Hara, Musashino, JP;
Hiroshi Tosaka, Hachioji, JP;
Akihiro Horii, Brookline, MA (US);
Kazunari Tokuda, Hachioji, JP;
Yoshihisa Tanikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Hara, Musashino, JP;
Hiroshi Tosaka, Hachioji, JP;
Akihiro Horii, Brookline, MA (US);
Kazunari Tokuda, Hachioji, JP;
Yoshihisa Tanikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A clear image having suppressed blurring due to pulsing is obtained by in-vivo examination of biological tissue or various internal organs of mammals, including small laboratory animals. The invention provides an optical-scanning microscope examination apparatus including a light source; a light-transmitting member for transmitting light from the light source; a collimator optical system for converting the transmitted light to a collimated beam; a beam-scanning unit for scanning the collimated beam on a subject; a focusing optical system for focusing the scanned beam onto the subject; a pupil-projection optical system; a light detector for detecting return light returning from the subject via the focusing optical system, the pupil-projection optical system, the beam-scanning unit, the collimator optical system, and the light-transmitting member; an actuator for moving the collimator optical system in an optical-axis direction; a control apparatus for controlling driving thereof; and a deflecting mechanism for deflecting the light issuing from the light-transmitting member in a direction intersecting the optical axis thereof, wherein the actuator is disposed in a space parallel to a plane including optical axes before and after deflection by the deflecting mechanism.