[54] REAL TIME SCANNING OPTICAL MACROSCOPE
[76] Inventor: Arthur E. Dixon, 601 Stonebury
Crescent, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada,
N2K 3R2
[21] Appl. No.: 674,145
[22] Filed: Jul. 1, 1996
Related U.S. Application Data
[62] Division of Ser. No. 117,797, Sep. 8, 1993, Pat No. 5,532, 873.
[51] Int CL6 G02B 21/06; G02B 21/00
[52] U.S. CI 359/388; 359/368; 359/385
[58] Field of Search 359/368,377,
359/372-374, 379, 381, 385-389, 660, 205-208; 356/72. 318, 326, 417, 376; 250/201.3,
216, 234
[56] References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
5,067,805 11/1991 Corleetal 359/368
5,101,295 3/1992 Lichtman et al 359/368
5225,923 7/1993 Montagu 359/368
5,386,112 1/1995 Dixon 359/368
Primary Examiner—Thong Nguyen
[57] ABSTRACT
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 to be imaged with micron resolution, and when interchanged with a microscope objective, allows a small area of the specimen to be imaged with submicron resolution.
5 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets
