Abstract:
A collimator lens is configured with a double convex single lens formed with a resinous material, for collimating a light flux emitted from a light source. At least one of surfaces of the collimator lens is formed as an aspherical surface. The collimator lens satisfies following conditions: 2 0.6, where R1 is a curvature radius of a first surface, which is a lens surface on a side of the light source of the collimator lens, R2 is a curvature radius of a second surface, which is a lens surface on a side opposite to the first surface of the collimator lens, and NA is a numerical aperture on the side of the light source of the collimator lens.
Abstract:
An observation device includes: an illumination unit that generates illumination light to be radiated onto cells floating in a culture fluid inside a culture vessel; a light receiving unit that receives observation light coming from the cells that have been irradiated with the illumination light, the observation light being imaged by an image-forming optical system; and a casing that has a transmissive section so as to transmit the illumination light and the observation light and that accommodates the illumination unit and the light receiving unit, wherein the casing has an elongated cylindrical form that is configured to be inserted into the culture fluid via a port used to insert a tube into the culture vessel.
Abstract:
An image processing device is configured to: generate a histogram of pixel values of a plurality of pixels contained in an image; set a background pixel value by using a peak value of the generated histogram; set a noise range with respect to the set background pixel value; and replace the pixel values that fall in the set noise range with a single arbitrary pixel value.
Abstract:
A microscope apparatus includes an illumination optical system. The illumination optical system includes an illumination lens that irradiates a sample with light, and two or more reflection members that have a shift function for changing a light-reflection position and/or a rotation function for changing a light-reflection-angle direction. Each of the two or more reflection members is located at a pupil position of the illumination lens, a position pupil-conjugate to the illumination lens, or a position conjugate to a rear focal position of the illumination lens.
Abstract:
A fluorescence observation unit includes a scanner that scans ultrashort pulsed laser light, a pupil projection lens that focuses the scanned ultrashort pulsed laser light, an image-forming lens that converts the focused ultrashort pulsed laser light to substantially collimated light and causes the ultrashort pulsed laser light to be incident on the objective lens, and a dichroic mirror that splits off, from the optic path of the ultrashort pulsed laser light, fluorescence generated in a sample due to irradiation with the ultrashort pulsed laser light and collected by the objective lens. The image-forming lens includes a first optical system having positive refractive power, and a second optical system having negative refractive power and disposed at a position closer to the scanner than the first optical system is. The dichroic mirror is disposed between the first optical system and the second optical system.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to obtain clear images when observing a specimen at different positions in the optical-axis direction of a detection optical system, using the sheet illumination. A fluorescence microscope of the present invention includes a sheet-illumination optical system that causes sheet-like excitation light along a plane of incidence to be incident on a specimen; an image-acquisition optical system that includes an objective lens having an optical axis intersecting the plane of incidence and that images fluorescence collected by the objective lens to obtain a fluorescence image; a driving part that moves the specimen in the optical-axis direction of the objective lens; and a positional-shift correction unit that, when a focus position of the image-acquisition optical system relative to an illumination position of the excitation light changes due to movement of the specimen in the optical-axis direction by the driving part, corrects a positional shift between the illumination position of the excitation light and the focus position of the image-acquisition optical system.