MICROSCOPE SYSTEM
Microscope images are easily browsed even with a terminal, such as a tablet terminal, whose transmission speed is low. Provided is a microscope system that includes: a microscope that acquires a plurality of microscope images of a specimen; a system main unit provided with a storage section that sequentially stores the microscope images acquired by the microscope; and a terminal that is connected to the system main unit via a network, in which the system main unit delivers the microscope images stored in the storage section, via the network, in response to a request from the terminal; and the terminal sequentially displays the microscope images delivered from the system main unit.
1 . A microscope system comprising:
a microscope that acquires a plurality of microscope images of a specimen;
a system main unit provided with a storage section that sequentially stores the microscope images acquired by the microscope; and
a terminal that is connected to the system main unit via a network,
wherein the system main unit delivers the microscope images stored in the storage section, via the network, in response to a request from the terminal; and
the terminal sequentially displays the microscope images delivered from the system main unit.
2 . The microscope system according to claim 1 , wherein the system main unit comprises an image-format converting section that converts the microscope images requested from the terminal into a format to be browsed in the terminal.
3 . The microscope system according to claim 1 , wherein the microscope acquires the plurality of microscope images having information of four dimensions or more.
4 . The microscope system according to claim 3 , wherein the information of four dimensions or more of the microscope images is selected from positional information in X and Y-directions intersecting an optical axis of the microscope, positional information in a Z-direction along the optical axis of the microscope, time information, wavelength information, brightness information, positional information on a line intersecting the optical axis of the microscope, channel information if there are a plurality of detecting sections, and positional information of an area crossing the optical axis of the microscope.
5 . The microscope system according to claim 3 , wherein the system main unit comprises an image composing section that composes, if there are a plurality of microscope images in the same dimension, these microscope images.
6 . The microscope system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the terminal sends a browsing speed to the system main unit; and
the system main unit thins out microscope images to be delivered, according to the browsing speed sent from the terminal.
7 . The microscope system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the terminal sends a display magnification to the system main unit; and
the system main unit generates microscope images whose magnifications differ in a stepwise manner, stores the microscope images in the storage section, and delivers a microscope image having a magnification corresponding to the display magnification sent from the terminal.