An analysis apparatus capable of normally creating image data and an
analysis disc used for this. Instead of using a signal which has been
read in time series by pickup following a track so as to create an image
by utilizing address information engraved on an optical disc, a mark
(110) is recorded over the radius direction (A) of a read area (109) of
the analysis disc (108) where an analysis object (B) is arranged, at
least at a preceding position or a following position of the read area
(109) in the rotation direction (C), so that video processing aligned
according to this mark is executed, thereby executing video acquisition
or a shape count with a high accuracy.