Abstract:
A microscope image desired for observation is specified in a shorter time while playing back microscope images. Provided is a microscope-image display control method including a displaying step of displaying, of a plurality of microscope images acquired by moving a focal position of an objective optical system of a microscope in an optical-axis direction, one of the microscope images on a display screen; a top-bottom instructing step of giving an instruction for one of top and bottom directions on the display screen; and Z-direction image switching steps of switching the microscope image displayed on the display screen to another microscope image acquired at a focal position of the objective optical system, which is adjacent to the displayed microscope image in the optical-axis direction, based on the direction instructed in the top-bottom instructing step.