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A technology of medical equipment and setting department, which is applied in the fields of medical science, surgery, diagnosis, etc., and can solve problems such as shortening of exposure time, darkening of camera images, and reduction of visual recognition of fluorescent areas

Active Publication Date: 2013-10-09
OLYMPUS CORP
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[0007] However, when the frame rate is increased, the exposure time for fluorescence detection is shortened, the captured image becomes darker, and there is a problem that the visibility of the fluorescence region decreases.
In addition, the same problem occurs not only in the case of fluorescence observation, but also in the case of special light observation such as narrow-band observation.

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[0024] figure 1 It is a block diagram showing the medical device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[0025] First, refer to Figure 2 ~ Figure 6 The method of this embodiment for changing the frame rate will be described. figure 2 It is an explanatory diagram showing the state of fluorescence observation.

[0026] The endoscope insertion part 63 is inserted into the lumen such as the large intestine mucosa 61 . An unshown imaging unit is provided on the endoscope insertion unit 63, and figure 2 In , the observation range of the imaging unit is shown by a dotted line. While making the endoscope insertion part 63 to figure 2 Fluorescence observation of the large intestine mucosa 61 in the lumen is performed while moving in the direction of the arrow. In addition, in a part of the large intestine mucosa 61 , there is a marker accumulation region 62 where the fluorescent agent accumulates.

[0027] image 3 is shown by figure 2 An explanatory...

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[0106] Figure 9 It is a timing chart for explaining the second embodiment of the present invention. Figure 9 (a1)~(f1) and Figure 9 (a2)~(f2) respectively correspond to Figure 7 (a2) ~ (f2).

[0107] The hardware configuration of this embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, and the difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment lies in the illumination control of the LED driver 32 and the readout control of the imaging device driver 48 .

[0108] In this embodiment, if Figure 9 As shown in (a1) to (f1) and (a2) to (f2), the LED driver 32 delays from the end of the reading period of one screen to the predetermined time before the end of the reading period of the next screen. During the period, excitation light or reference light is emitted from the LED light source 31 . That is, the subject is irradiated with excitation light and illumination light during substantially all of the exposure period of each row of the CMOS sensor 23b.

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[0117] Figure 10 It is a block diagram showing the third embodiment of the present invention. exist Figure 10 in, right with figure 1 The same structural elements are marked with the same reference numerals and descriptions are omitted.

[0118] This embodiment differs from the above-described embodiments in that a motion detection unit 91 is provided instead of the frame rate selection switch 53 . In each of the above-described embodiments, the operator selects any one of a plurality of frame rates by operating the frame rate selection switch 53 . On the other hand, in this embodiment, motion of the imaging unit is detected, and any one of a plurality of frame rates is selected based on the detected motion.

[0119] A motion detection unit 91 for detecting the motions of the white light observation imaging unit 22 and the fluorescence observation imaging unit 23 is disposed near the fluorescence observation imaging unit 23 at the tip of the endoscope 2 . The motion det...

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A medical device comprises: an irradiation unit that irradiates a special light on a subject; an imaging unit that captures a return light generated on the basis of the irradiation of the special light; a frame rate setting unit that sets the frame rate for the imaging unit; and an electric charge read control unit that controls read pixel selection and the read period in the imaging unit, on the basis of the value set by the frame rate setting unit. The frame rate is adjustable while maintaining the brightness of the captured image, and the missing of locations to be observed during special light observation is reduced.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to medical equipment suitable for fluorescence observation. Background technique [0002] In recent years, cancer diagnosis techniques using molecular target agents have attracted attention. There has been proposed a method of discriminating the presence or absence of cancer based on the fluorescence emitted by the target site after spraying or injecting a fluorescent probe (fluorescence agent) that targets a living protein specifically found in cancer cells to the target site in the living body. This method is useful for early detection of cancer in the digestive tract region. [0003] In an endoscopic device, diagnosis can be performed using this technique. That is, the subject is irradiated with excitation light from the light source device via the insertion part of the endoscope, and the fluorescence from the fluorescent agent accumulated at the cancer is captured in the imaging part provided in the insertion part, t...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61B1/00A61B1/04
CPCA61B1/043A61B1/31A61B1/045A61B1/0638A61B1/0684A61B1/0655H04N23/555H04N23/56H04N23/6811H04N23/74H04N25/531
Inventor 武井俊二大野涉
Owner OLYMPUS CORP