images. The con verted image is of an object which is obscured by a layer of material which
is opaque to visible light, but which is substantially transparent to non-visible pene trating
radiation. In an operating microscope applica tion, the invisible penetrating radiation may be
radiation of wavelength greater than 620 nm, to which blood is transparent. The converted
visible image made using the re? ected penetrating radiation will show tissues underlying a …