Laser-scanning microscope system

摘要

Repeatability of control items is ensured by improving the precision of time control, and control details for the control items can be changed even when observation is underway. Provided is a laser-scanning microscope system including a microscope apparatus that scans a specimen surface with laser light from a laser light source by using a scanner; a hardware sequencer that controls the microscope apparatus so as to execute a control item that is set in an application program in correspondence with a time axis; and a software sequencer that manages control details for the control item that is set in the application program.

主权项

1. A laser-scanning microscope system comprising:
a microscope apparatus that scans a specimen surface with laser light from a laser light source by using a scanner; a software sequencer that (i) reads out, from a memory, a control item set in an application program in correspondence with a time axis, and (ii) computes control data which controls the microscope apparatus, wherein the software sequencer does not execute the application program; and a hardware sequencer including a start timer, a synchronizing signal generator, an interval timer, and a loop controller, wherein the hardware sequencer outputs a synchronizing signal for controlling the microscope apparatus so as to execute the control item that is set in the application program in correspondence with the time axis.