Patent attributes
A microscope system including: an observation optical system acquiring an image of an observation position of a sample; a stimulation optical system irradiating the sample with stimulation light; an observation position setting section setting the observation positions; a stimulation position setting section setting a common stimulation position; a stage switching the observation positions; a synchronization condition setting section setting a common synchronization condition in which the timing of the image acquisition is associated with the timing of the irradiation with stimulation light; an observation condition registration section registering the common stimulation position and the common synchronization condition as observation conditions associated with each of the observation positions; and a control section, according to the registered conditions, switching the observation positions, making the observation optical system acquire an image of each of the observation positions, and making the stimulation optical system irradiate each of the stimulation positions with stimulation light.