Internal observation device for object having light scattering properties, internal body observation device, endoscope for internal observation and internal observation method
US9055866B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 27, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jun 16, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 6, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2562/0233
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
There is provided an inside observation apparatus of an endoscope and the like which can perform an inside observation for irradiating an illumination light to a minute area of a surface of an object (for example, a living tissue) having a light scattering property and detecting a back-scattered light of the illumination light, can increase a detected light amount by a simply and low cost configuration by making an area of a detection region larger than an illumination region, and can reduce a time necessary to detect an body (for example, a blood vessel) to be observed and detect a region deeper than a conventional region.
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