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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light measuring device, light measuring method, and to provide a light measuring program capable of improving the measuring sensitivity with respect to light from a sample. SOLUTION: A fluorescence measuring apparatus 1 for measuring light from the sample held in a well of a microplate 20 comprises an image acquiring section 40 for acquiring a two-dimensional photodetection image, and a data analysis device 50 for analyzing measuring data, including the photodetection image. The data analysis device 50 extracts an analysis region to be analyzed from the measurement region set, in response to the well on the photodetection image, by comparing two-dimensional light intensity distribution in the measurement region with a predetermined light intensity threshold, and performs analysis processings of the sample by using the data of the light intensity inside the analysis region as the analysis data. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an analyzer for measuring the response of a cell, with respect to a sample. SOLUTION: This cell response analyzer 100 is used for measuring the response of the cell 14 with respect to the sample 60a. The analyzer 100 is provided with a flow passage 12 that immobilizes the cell 14, a reservoir part 20 for temporarily retaining the sample 60a and a buffer solution 40a supplied to the flow passage 12, and a measuring instrument 30 for measuring the response of the cell 14, with respect to the sample 60a. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sample holding member which enables the efficient measurement of emission under various conditions such as the measurement of multicolor emission or the like. SOLUTION: The sample holding member 2 is constituted of a microplate 20 having a plurality of wells 21, which respectively hold a sample, arranged thereto in a two-dimensional array state and the filter member 30 provided so as to be fixed at a predetermined position where the emission from the sample held in each of the wells 21 of the microplate 20 transmits. Further, the filter member 30 has a plurality of optical filter parts 31 arranged in a two-dimensional array state so as to correspond to a plurality of the wells 21 of the microplate 20 and a plurality of the optical filter parts 31 respectively have light transmission characteristics with respect to the wavelength corresponding to a wavelength selectivity necessary for measuring emission. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light measuring device, light measurement method, and light measuring program capable of suppressing the influence due to dust or the like. SOLUTION: A fluorescence measurement apparatus 1, for measuring fluorescence from a sample in a held state by a sample holding member such as a microplate 20, comprises an image acquiring section 40 for acquiring two-dimensional fluorescence images by fluorescence emitted from the sample, and a data analysis device 50 for performing analysis processings of measured data, including the fluorescence image. The fluorescence measuring apparatus extracts a measurement excluding region from the measurement region set for the fluorescence image, by comparing the light intensity distribution in the measurement region of a reference image, acquired under predetermined conditions with a light intensity threshold, that is sets as an analysis region, the region obtained by excluding the measurement excluding region from the measurement region, and performs analysis processings of the fluorescence image. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cultured specimen-observing device capable of taking a picture without taking out the cultured specimen from a culturing case. SOLUTION: This cultured specimen-observing device for culturing the bio- specimens housed in multiple culturing instruments 13 in a culturing case 3 and taking pictures is equipped with multiple specimen stands 6 for arranging the multiple culturing instruments 13 and installed in the culturing case 3, a picture-taking unit 14 installed in the culturing case 3, taking the pictures of the culturing instruments 13 and displaying them at the outside of the culturing case 3, transporting means 10, 29 for transporting the picture-taking unit 14 and culturing instruments 13 relatively so as to make an arrangement capable of taking the picture of a desired culturing instrument 13 with the picture-taking unit 14 and a controlling means for controlling the transporting means 10, 29. Thereby, it becomes possible to take the picture of the desired culturing instrument 13 in the cultured case 3 by using the picture-taking unit, and to observe the desired culturing instrument 13 from the outside of the culturing case 3.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bio-specimen-observing device and a method therefor, capable of sufficiently preventing the cultured bio-specimen from undesirable effects in a clean bench. SOLUTION: The method for observing the bio-specimen comprises a process of culturing bio-specimens contained in multiple number of containers 17 in a cultivator 3, a process of transporting the containers 17 from the cultivator 3 to the clean bench 2, and a process of observing the bio-specimens contained in the containers 17 by using a microscope 16 installed in the clean bench 2, and also comprises a process of surrounding the containers 17 with a culturing case 46 in the clean bench 2 and a process of adjusting the temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide concentration in a space formed between the culturing case 46 and the containers 17. In this case, it is possible to make the temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide concentration in the space formed between the culturing case 46 and the containers 17 same as those in the cultivator 3, and therefore, it becomes possible to observe the bio-specimen contained in the containers 17 in the same state as in the cultivator 3.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and device capable of easily evaluating motion of aggregated cells.SOLUTION: An aggregated cells evaluation device 1 includes a laser beam source 10, a speckle image acquisition part 20, an SC calculation part 30, an evaluation part 40, and a storage part 50. The speckle image acquisition part 20 acquires a two-dimensional speckle image caused by forward scattered light generated in aggregated cells 90 by irradiation of the aggregated cells 90 with laser beam output from the laser beam source 10. The SC calculation part 30 calculates a speckle contrast value Kof a speckle image Iat each time tto obtain a maximum value Kamong speckle contrast values Kto Kand normalizes the speckle contrast value Kat each time tby the maximum value Kto obtain a normalized speckle contrast value K'. The evaluation part 40 evaluates motion of the aggregated cells 90 on the basis of the normalized speckle contrast value K' at each time t.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light measurement device for reducing a background light noise from a micro-plate.SOLUTION: Disclosed is a light irradiation device for irradiating a micro-plate 20 provided with a plurality of wells for storing a measurement object with irradiation rays of light and a light measurement device including the light irradiation device. The light measurement device includes: a light guide member 61 having a main face 61a on which a plurality of projecting parts 61e with almost the same shapes are formed, a back face 61h being a face which is an opposite side of the main face 61a, and side faces 61b which are almost orthogonal to the main face 61a; and a light source device 62 for making irradiation rays of light 61b incident from the side faces 61b of the light guide member 61 to the light guide member 61. The projecting part 61e has an upper face 61f which is almost in parallel with the main face 61a, and the light guide member 61 can be arranged such that an upper face 61f of the projecting part 61e is brought into contact with a back face 23 of the micro-plate 20. Also, the light guide member 61 can be arranged such that the upper face 61f of the projecting part 61e faces the bottom face of a well 21 of the micro-plate 20.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To specify a pixel whose luminance value chronologically changes, in an image containing light emitted from a sample.SOLUTION: An optical measurement device 1 is used for measuring light from a sample and includes: a motion image obtainment part 40 for obtaining motion image data of a two-dimensional light image containing light from a sample; and an analysis process part 51 for analyzing the motion image data. The analysis process part 51 includes: a luminance value data obtainment part 52a for obtaining luminance value data indicating chronological changes of a luminance value in plural pixels constituting a zone corresponding to plural wells; a luminance value extraction part 52b for extracting a peak value of a luminance value and a bottom value thereof from the luminance value data; and a pixel specifying part 52c for calculating an evaluation value evaluating a state of change in the luminance value on the basis of the peak and bottom values, and specifying a target pixel, being a target of analysis, from among the plural pixels on the basis of repetition of the evaluation value.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for measuring light emission capable of efficiently performing the measurement of multicolor emission, and to provide a method of measuring the light emission. SOLUTION: The device 1 for measuring the emission from the sample held in each of the wells of a microplate 20 includes an image acquiring part 40 for acquiring a two-dimensional emission image, a light guide optical system 41 for guiding the two-dimensional image of the microplate 20 containing the emission from the sample to the image acquirig part 40 and the sheetlike filter member 30 arranged on a light path of the two-dimensional image. In the filter member 30, a plurality of optical filter parts are arranged in a two-dimensional array state so as to correspond to a plurality of the wells of the microplate 20 and constituted of a plurality of filter regions mutually different in light transmission characteristics with respect to a wavelength. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT