| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To lessen a troublesome checking task during cell culturing.SOLUTION: A culture observation apparatus 1 of the present invention includes: a light source unit 3 that radiates illumination light onto the inside of a transparent culture vessel C from a side surface of the culture vessel C; an image acquisition unit 4 that images, of the illumination light radiated from the light source unit 3, scattered light emitted from the inside of the culture vessel C to acquire images; and a transmission unit 5 that sends the images acquired by the image acquisition unit 4 to the outside. The image acquisition unit 4 includes a sensor array 7 that has a plurality of sensors 8 arranged in at least one line over approximately the entire length in one direction of a bottom surface of the culture vessel C and a movement mechanism 9 that relatively moves the sensor array 7 and the culture vessel C in a direction intersecting the array direction of the sensors 8 and extending along the bottom surface.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 |
