Fluorescence Observation Device for Lymphatic Drainage Path Recognition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional lymphedema diagnosis methods, such as scintigraphy, struggle to provide precise local image information and are complex, while existing fluorescence observation techniques lack the ability to effectively visualize lymphatic drainage paths for guiding lymph drainage.
Innovation Solution
A fluorescence observation method and device that involves injecting a fluorescent dye into a living organism, irradiating it with excitation light, and acquiring and processing images to specify a linear fluorescence pattern indicating lymphatic drainage paths, allowing for precise recognition and massage guidance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If scintigraphy is used for lymphedema diagnosis, then diagnostic capability is provided, but local image information of affected limb cannot be obtained and inspection is complex
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts and focuses observation on the specific observation object (lymphedema-affected region) from the entire living organism. By specifying and isolating the region containing the lymphedema for targeted fluorescence observation, the system obtains detailed local image information without requiring complex whole-body inspection procedures
Solution Approach 2:
The invention applies local quality by enhancing the observation precision specifically in the lymphedema-affected region through fluorescence imaging. The system provides high-resolution local image information of the affected limb while maintaining simplicity, rather than requiring complex whole-body scintigraphy procedures
2Measurement precision
If fluorescence observation is performed to observe detailed state of lymphedema, then real-time observation capability is achieved, but ability to precisely recognize lymphatic drainage path is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The invention segments the fluorescence observation process into distinct functional stages: acquiring overall fluorescence distribution, specifying the observation object (lymphedema region), and then acquiring detailed images of that specified region. This segmentation allows systematic extraction and recognition of lymphatic drainage path information from the fluorescence patterns
Solution Approach 2:
The invention performs preliminary action by first acquiring a fluorescence image of the entire living organism to identify and specify the observation object (lymphedema-affected region) before acquiring detailed images. This preliminary specification ensures that subsequent detailed observation focuses on the correct region containing the lymphatic drainage path information
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables precise recognition and facilitation of lymphatic drainage paths from lymphedema-affected areas to the normal lymphatic system, improving the efficiency of lymph drainage treatments.
Implementation Method 1
a wavelength for exciting the fluorescent dye using a light irradiation means (11)
Data Source
AI summary
This fluorescence observation method is a method of observing a living organism into which a fluorescent dye is injected. The method includes the steps of: irradiating the living organism with excitation light including a wavelength for exciting the fluorescent dye using a light irradiation means, acquiring a first fluorescence image of the living organism generated by the irradiation with the excitation light using an image acquisition means, specifying an observation object in the living organism on the basis of the first fluorescence image; acquiring a second fluorescence image of the observation object generated by the irradiation with the excitation light using the image acquisition means; and specifying a linear fluorescence pattern appearing in the second fluorescence image.