A high-T-c superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) microscope w
ith a sample chamber isolated by a shutter gate was designed and constructe
d for imaging samples at both room temperature and 77 K. According to our s
cheme, the separation of the sample from the SQUID can be less than several
micrometers, in principle. We have successfully imaged a trapped flux in a
YBn2Cu3O7-y thin-film ring at 77 K.