This paper deals with some hardware and software problems for developing a digitized image analysis system for wood anatomy.It first illustrates how to determine the total magnification of the microscopy imaging system.Then,it points out the technical performance parameters that should be considered for the two main compositions of the system,a CCD and an image-acquiring adapter.It also describes the essential functions and main development methods for the software for the system.Several commonly used image-processing software programs and their features are emulated in the end.