IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, IMAGING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To acquire image information on objects at a plurality of focal positions with a small amount of data in a short time.SOLUTION: An imaging device 100A includes a computer 300 that controls an imaging part 150A that photographs a sample P through an image forming optical system 140A. The computer sets a second imaging area R2 including the entirety of the sample on the basis of a first imaging area IR1 corresponding to an imaging surface of the imaging part in a plurality of cross sections perpendicular to the optical axis direction of the image forming optical system (S11), and controls the imaging part to photograph only a focusing range of the sample in the second imaging area (S15, S17).