Abstract:
An optical measurement apparatus according to the present invention includes: an irradiation fiber; a plurality of light receiving fibers; a light source unit that generates and outputs light to irradiate a biological tissue and supplies the light to the irradiation fiber; a measurement unit that has a plurality of measurement units and performs spectrometry on each returned light from the biological tissue, the returned light output by each of the light receiving fibers; and a control unit that causes a predetermined storage unit to store a measurement result by the measurement unit: and the control unit causes the storage unit to store a measurement result after each measurement unit starts measurement for characteristic value obtainment, the measurement result being data necessary to obtain a characteristic value of the biological tissue.
Abstract:
An optical measuring device includes: a light source unit; a measurement probe including a fiber bundle, an illumination fiber that illuminates a living tissue with a illumination light, and a plurality of light-receiving fibers that receives return light of the illumination light reflected and/or scattered at the living tissue; a detection unit that receives the return light of the illumination light detected by the plurality of respective light-receiving fibers, and performs photoelectric conversion to detect respective signal intensities; and an association unit that associates the respective signal intensities detected by the detection unit with distances from the illumination fiber to the respective light-receiving fibers on an end face of a distal end portion of the measurement probe, when light having an intensity gradient around the illumination fiber is projected to the end face of the distal end portion of the measurement probe.
Abstract:
An optical measurement apparatus according to the present invention includes a probe having an irradiation fiber that propagates light supplied from a base end and irradiates the light from a leading end and a plurality of light receiving fibers that propagate light incident from leading ends and output the light from base ends; a light source unit that generates white light to be irradiated onto the body tissue and supplies the white light to the irradiation fiber; a measurement unit that performs spectrometry for returned light from the body tissue output from each of the light receiving fibers at a predetermined measurement timing; and a determination unit that determines whether or not a measurement value measured by the measurement unit is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value, and causes the light source unit to perform a light emission process for obtaining a characteristic value of the body tissue for a predetermined time and causes the measurement unit to perform a spectrometry process for obtaining a characteristic value of the body tissue for the predetermined time if it is determined that the measurement value measured by the measurement unit is equal to or smaller than the predetermined threshold value.
Abstract:
A measurement probe includes a fiber configured to propagate light to irradiate a target to be measured and receive scattered light returned from the target to be measured, an immersion adjustment mechanism configured to communicate outside of the measurement probe with inside of the measurement probe and adjust entrance of liquid from the outside into the measurement probe, and an alteration mechanism configured to alter the fiber by the liquid that has entered into the measurement probe.
Abstract:
An endoscope system includes: an endoscope with a unit to be inserted into a subject and captures an inside image of the subject by an imaging unit provided in the unit to generate an image signal; an optical apparatus including a measurement probe to be inserted into the subject through the unit; an endoscope unit that switches between observation light of a plurality of wavelengths and outputs the observation light to observe a target object from the unit; a probe unit that outputs measurement light to measure characteristics of the target object via the measurement probe; a light unit that receives return light via the measurement probe, the return light caused by reflection and/or scattering of the measurement light on the target object; and a switching unit that switches a wavelength band of the measurement light to a different wavelength band from the observation light outputted by the endoscope unit.
Abstract:
An optical measurement system including: a probe including a plurality of light-receiving fibers and an irradiation fiber; a calibration member including a frame member and a fluorescent body provided in an inner side of the frame member to emit fluorescent light using excitation light, the calibration member being used while the fluorescent body surface faces a leading end of the probe; a fluorescence excitation light source that supplies excitation light to the irradiation fiber; a measurement unit that measures each light output from a plurality of the light-receiving fibers; and a calibration processing unit that calibrates the received light intensity between a plurality of the light-receiving fibers based on the measurement result obtained in the measurement unit by measuring light output from a plurality of the light-receiving fibers for fluorescent light from the fluorescent body emitted by irradiation with the excitation light.
Abstract:
A measurement probe is detachably connected to a bio-optical measurement apparatus which performs optical measurement on body tissue. The measurement probe includes two illumination fibers configured to irradiate the body tissue with low coherent light having a short spatial coherence length, and three or more light-receiving fibers configured to receive scattered light at multiple angles. The three or more light-receiving fibers are arranged on a perpendicular bisector of a line segment connecting centers of the two illumination fibers at a distal end surface of the measurement probe.
Abstract:
A measurement probe has a fiber bundle formed by irregularly bundling a plurality of optical fibers, is detachably connected to a bio-optical measurement apparatus performing optical measurement to a biological tissue that is an object to be measured, and includes a recording unit 35 that records positional information related to positions of an illumination fiber that emits light from a light source of the bio-optical measurement apparatus as illumination light and of a light-receiving fiber that receives returned light of the illumination light reflected and/or scattered at the biological tissue, the positions being at an end face of the fiber bundle, the end face being at an end that is attached to the bio-optical measurement apparatus.
Abstract:
A probe includes a plurality of optical fibers that includes an irradiation fiber and a light-receiving fiber; and an optical member of which a base end face is arranged to abut on leading end faces of the optical fibers, and a leading end face is exposed to an outer side. The leading end face of the optical member is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the probe. Light emitted from the irradiation fiber passes through a path inclined with respect to a perpendicular line of the leading end face.
Abstract:
A medical apparatus is detachably connected with a disposable medical device to be inserted into a subject, and performs a specified treatment. The medical apparatus includes an alteration unit that performs an alteration process of altering the medical device, and a control unit that causes the alteration unit to perform the alteration process at the end of the treatment by the medical apparatus.