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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2006
Moritoshi Ando, Kawasaki, JP;
Sachihiro Youoku, Kawasaki, JP;
Moritoshi Ando, Kawasaki, JP;
Sachihiro Youoku, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A microinjection apparatus, which injects an object into a cell with a needle, acquires a first image that is an image of the cell at a first focal position and a second image that is an image of the cell at a second focal position, and decides a state of the cell based on a difference image obtained from the first image and the second image. Execution of such sequence of processing makes it possible to measure a state of a cell without involving human work and confirm the state of the cell in performing a microinjection, without a necessity of experienced skill, efficiently, and simply.