[New possibilities of optic microscopy in studies of blood cells]

Modern biomedical tasks put forward new requirements to the instrumental base of microscopy. This paper outlines the prospective trends in microscopy which are the most interesting for medicine, on the one hand, and analyzes the probability of meeting the requirements of medicine by modern methods of optic electronics and computer processing of optic information. The authors analyze the following trends: microscopy of three-dimensional objects, super-resolution, microscopic measurements, and automation of microscopes. Progress in optic electronics and computer processing of images permits considering these trends as a priority task of modern microscopy.