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Operating microscope providing an image of an obscured object

  • US 4,786,155 A
  • Filed: 12/16/1986
  • Issued: 11/22/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/16/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A microscope for providing an image in the visible spectrum of an object obscured from direct view by a layer of material which is substantially opaque to visible light, comprising:

  • means for illuminating the object with radiation including visible light and penetrating radiation, wherein the layer of material obscuring the object is substantially transparent to said penetrating radiation;

    means for forming a visible image of the obscured object;

    means for detecting penetrating radiation reflected from the object obscured by the layer of material and for producing a penetrating radiation image;

    means for displaying a converted image of said object corresponding to said penetrating radiation image; and

    means for combining the visible image of the obscured object and the converted image to provide an overlaid image in the visible spectrum of the object.

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