Abstract:
An evaluation method is a method for evaluating a cell mass containing a plurality of aggregated cells, and includes an imaging step of capturing an image of light obtained from the cell mass by irradiating the cell mass with light, an analysis step of setting a reference point for the cell mass included in image data obtained by the imaging step, setting sampling circles centered on the reference point, and determining a parameter for a state of the cell mass based on image data included in regions on the sampling circles, and an evaluation step of evaluating the cell mass based on the parameter.
Abstract:
Provided is an observation target cover for interference observation using first light and second light having a coherent length longer than that of the first light so as to acquire an interference light image of an observation target by the first light while adjusting an optical path length difference based on an interference result of the second light, the observation target cover including: a transmission reflection portion that transmits the first light and reflects the second light; and a support portion for supporting the transmission reflection portion so that a placement surface on which the observation target is placed and the transmission reflection portion face each other with a predetermined gap therebetween.
Abstract:
An aggregated cell evaluation apparatus includes a laser light source, a speckle image acquisition unit, an SC calculation unit, an evaluation unit, and a memory unit. The speckle image acquisition unit acquires a two-dimensional speckle image by forward scattered light generated in aggregated cells by irradiation of the aggregated cells with laser light output from the laser light source. The SC calculation unit calculates a speckle contrast value Kn of a speckle image In at each time tn, determines a maximum value Kmax among the speckle contrast values K1 to KN, and normalizes the speckle contrast value Kn at each time tn by the maximum value Kmax to obtain a normalized speckle contrast value Kn′. The evaluation unit evaluates motion of the aggregated cells, based on the normalized speckle contrast value Kn′ at each time tn.