A new real-time confocal scanning laser macroscope is disclosed which images macroscopic specimens in reflected light and fluorescence or photoluminescence. The optical arrangement of a Nipkow disk microscope has been altered to include a telecentric scan lens which enables a large area of a specimen...http://www.google.ca/patents/US5737121?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5737121 - Real time scanning optical macroscope
