1. A method for analyzing tissue comprising: obtaining a tissue sample; exposing the tissue sample to one or more fluorophores including fluorescent dyes or fluorescently labeled molecular probes that preferentially accumulate in tissue or cellular components; using an illumination excitation source to illuminate a surface of the tissue sample with an ultraviolet (UV) light source having a wavelength between about 200 nm to about 400 nm, the wavelength being selected to help limit the penetration of the UV light into the tissue sample to only the approximate selected depth below the surface; using a microscope optical system to image the tissue sample; using an image acquisition system which receives optical information from the microscope optical system to record one or more images; and using a display system in communication with the image acquisition system to process and display the image for analysis.