An analysis of an object dyed with fluorescent
coloring agents carried out with the aid of a fluorescent
microscope which is modified for improved resolving power and called a nanoscope. The method is carried out with a
microscope having an optical
system for visualizing and projecting a
sample image to a
video camera which records and digitizes images of individual
fluorescence molecules and nanoparticles at a
low noise, a computer for recording and
processing images, a sample holder arranged in front of an object lens, a
fluorescent radiation exciting source and a set of replaceable suppression filters for separating the sample
fluorescent light. Separately fluorescing visible molecules and nanoparticles are periodically formed in different object parts, the
laser produces the oscillation thereof which is sufficient for recording the non-overlapping images of the molecules and nanoparticles and for decoloring already recorded fluorescent molecules, wherein tens of thousands of pictures of recorded individual molecule and
nanoparticle images, in the form of stains having a
diameter on the order of a
fluorescent light wavelength multiplied by a
microscope amplification, are processed by a computer for searching the coordinates of the
stain centers and building the object image according to millions of calculated
stain center co-ordinates corresponding to the co-ordinates of the individual fluorescent molecules and nanoparticles. With this invention it is possible to obtain a two-dimensional and a three-dimensional image with a resolving power better than 20 nm and to
record a
color image by
dyeing proteins, nucleic acids and lipids with different
coloring agents.