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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2005
Yoichi Iki, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Sasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Mikes Josef, Prague, CZ;
Svoboda Miroslav, Psary, CZ;
Sedlak Roman, Prague, CZ;
Yoichi Iki, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Sasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Mikes Josef, Prague, CZ;
Svoboda Miroslav, Psary, CZ;
Sedlak Roman, Prague, CZ;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a microscope system and an image processing method which are practical and capable of imaging a specimen efficiently in a short period of time and also ensuring reduction of the data amount of a generated image. Accordingly, the microscope system includes a storage sectionwhich stores identification information of a specimenA, a macro image and a micro image in a correlated manner, a stage memberon which the specimen as an observation target is mounted, an acquiring sectionB,which acquires identification information of the specimen, a first display sectionwhich displays a macro image of the specimen by reading a macro image correlated with the identification information from the storage section (or by imaging the specimen), a second display sectiontowhich displays a micro image of the specimen by imaging the specimen, and an additional storing sectionwhich additionally stores in the storage section in accordance with instruction from outside a micro image displayed on the second display section in a correlated manner with the macro image displayed on the first display section and the identification information acquired by the acquiring section.