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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2007
Applicants:
Kosuke Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Matsuo, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Shimada, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sharp image showing a thin projecting part is acquired without using a complex dyeing method, and the analysis accuracy is improved. An automatic cell analyzer () comprises: an imaging unit () for capturing fluorescence emitted from a cell (S) and acquiring a cell image; an exposure changing section () for changing the exposure condition when the imaging unit () captures cell images; and a processing section () for analyzing the cell (S) on the basis of a plurality of cell images respectively captured under the changed exposure conditions.