IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE, AND IMAGING METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging apparatus capable of efficiently performing an imaging operation synchronously with an external trigger signal, and to provide an imaging system, a confocal microscope, and an imaging method.

SOLUTION: The imaging apparatus 20 of the confocal microscope 1 includes: a CCD element 21 having an imaging section and a reading section; and an imaging control section 22 that controls an image exposing operation of the imaging section of the CCD element 21 and the charge reading operation of the reading section. The imaging control section 22 controls an exposing period of the imaging section so as to synchronize with an external trigger signal. The imaging control section 22 also controls the operation of the CCD element 21 so that the reading of image data captured by the imaging section during a first exposing period is initiated by the reading section at the same time as a second exposing period of the imaging section after the first exposing period thereof.

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