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Optical probe having an imaging apparatus

  • US 6,153,873 A
  • Filed: 05/20/1998
  • Issued: 11/28/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An imaging apparatus for imaging a viewing region, the apparatus including a collection of optical elements arranged in a predetermined sequence along both a first and a second optical path and cooperable to define a dark-field optical arrangement along the first path and a bright-field optical arrangement along the second path, the improvement comprising:

  • an optical element which receives light from the viewing region and directs and passes the light from the viewing region simultaneously to both the dark-field optical arrangement and the bright-field optical arrangement, so that a dark-field image of the viewing region is imaged onto a first image plane and a bright-field image of the viewing region is imaged onto a second image plane.

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