An optical image separation system, connected to a confocal image output port of a Nipkow disk type confocal scanner, wherein light returned from a sample and emitted from the confocal image output port is separated into a plurality of different wavelen regions, respectively, so that a plurality of samples...http://www.google.de/patents/US6631029?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6631029 - Optical image separation system and confocal scanning unit