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US 11,719,920 B2Granted
Observation assisting device, information processing method, and program
AssigneeLeica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG
InventorsKyosuke Kamada, Yukie Tamura, Fumiya Takeuchi
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Abstract
Provided are an imaging unit 104 that uses a light emitted from a second beam splitter 202 of a microscope 2 that can use an exciting light and an observation light, which is a light including a wavelength other than that of the exciting light, as a light source by switching there between and is provided with the second beam splitter 202 to image images of the same observation region of the microscope 2 in situations where the exciting light and the observation light are used as the light source and an output unit 106 that overlaps, synthesizes, and outputs the images imaged by the imaging unit 104 respectively using the exciting light and the observation light as the light source.
Claims17
An observation auxiliary device for use with a surgical microscope operable to use an exciting light and an observation light as a light source by switching between the exciting light and the observation light, wherein the observation light is a light including a wavelength other than a wavelength of the exciting light, and the surgical microscope includes a first beam splitter and a second beam splitter, wherein the second beam splitter receives light from an observation region observed by the surgical microscope, the observation auxiliary device comprising:
- an imaging unit that receives light emitted from the second beam splitter of the surgical microscope and images a plurality of images of the observation region in situations where the exciting light and the observation light are respectively used as the light source;
- an output unit that outputs the images imaged by the imaging unit where the exciting light and the observation light are respectively used as the light source;
- a spectroscopy unit that splits light emitted from the first beam splitter of the surgical microscope and provides spectroscopy results;
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- a reception unit that receives at least one from among an enlargement ratio and a focal length of the surgical microscope;
- wherein the output unit corrects at least a portion of the spectroscopy results of the spectroscopy unit according to at least one from among the enlargement ratio and the focal length received by the reception unit to provide corrected spectroscopy results;
- wherein the output unit further performs outputting according to the corrected spectroscopy results by the spectroscopy unit;
- wherein the spectroscopy unit splits light emitted from the first beam splitter in a situation where normal tissue is observed with the exciting light as the light source and splits light emitted from the first beam splitter in a situation where abnormal tissue is observed with the exciting light as the light source;
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- wherein the output unit outputs information relating to a comparison between spectroscopy results for the normal tissue and spectroscopy results for the abnormal tissue, the information output by the output unit comprising a real-time indication that abnormal tissue is included in the observation region.
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A surgical microscope comprising:
- a light source configured to switch between an exciting light and an observation light, wherein the observation light is a light including a wavelength other than a wavelength of the exciting light;
- a first beam splitter and a second beam splitter, wherein the second beam splitter receives light from an observation region observed by the surgical microscope;
- an observation auxiliary device comprising an imaging unit that receives light emitted from the second beam splitter of the surgical microscope and images a plurality of images of the observation region in situations where the exciting light and the observation light are respectively used as the light source;
- an output unit that outputs the images imaged by the imaging unit where the exciting light and the observation light are respectively used as the light source;
- a spectroscopy unit that splits light emitted from the first beam splitter of the surgical microscope and provides spectroscopy results;
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- a reception unit that receives at least one from among an enlargement ratio and a focal length of the surgical microscope;
- wherein the output unit corrects at least a portion of the spectroscopy results of the spectroscopy unit according to at least one from among the enlargement ratio and the focal length received by the reception unit to provide corrected spectroscopy results;
- wherein the output unit further performs outputting according to the corrected spectroscopy results by the spectroscopy unit;
- wherein the spectroscopy unit splits light emitted from the first beam splitter in a situation where normal tissue is observed with the exciting light as the light source and splits light emitted from the first beam splitter in a situation where abnormal tissue is observed with the exciting light as the light source;
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- wherein the output unit outputs information relating to a comparison between spectroscopy results for the normal tissue and spectroscopy results for the abnormal tissue, the information output by the output unit comprising a real-time indication that abnormal tissue is included in the observation region.
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An information processing method performed using an imaging unit, an output unit, a spectroscopy unit, and a reception unit, comprising:
- an imaging step wherein the imaging unit receives light emitted from a second beam splitter of a microscope, wherein the microscope can use an exciting light and an observation light as a light source by switching between the exciting light and the observation light, wherein the observation light includes a wavelength other than a wavelength of the exciting light, and images a plurality of images of an observation region of the microscope in situations where the exciting light and the observation light are respectively used as the light source;
- an output step wherein the output unit outputs the images imaged by the imaging unit where the exciting light and the observation light are respectively used as the light source;
- a spectroscopy step wherein the spectroscopy unit splits light emitted from a first beam splitter of the microscope and provides spectroscopy results;
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- a reception step wherein the reception unit receives at least one from among an enlargement ratio and a focal length of the microscope;
- wherein the output unit corrects at least a portion of the spectroscopy results of the spectroscopy unit according to at least one from among the enlargement ratio and the focal length received by the reception unit to provide corrected spectroscopy results;
- wherein the output unit performs the output step according to the corrected spectroscopy results by the spectroscopy unit;
- wherein the spectroscopy unit splits light emitted from the first beam splitter in a situation where normal tissue is observed with the exciting light as the light source and splits light emitted from the first beam splitter in a situation where abnormal tissue is observed with the exciting light as the light source;
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- wherein the output unit outputs information relating to a comparison between spectroscopy results for the normal tissue and spectroscopy results for the abnormal tissue, the information output by the output unit comprising a real-time indication that abnormal tissue is included in the observation region.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium which comprises a stored program for causing a computer to function as
- an imaging unit that receives light emitted from a second beam splitter of a microscope, wherein the microscope can use an exciting light and an observation light as a light source by switching between the exciting light and the observation light, wherein the observation light includes a wavelength other than a wavelength of the exciting light, and that images a plurality of images of an observation region of the microscope in situations where the exciting light and the observation light are respectively used as the light source;
- an output unit that outputs the images imaged by the imaging unit where the exciting light and the observation light are respectively used as the light source;
- a spectroscopy unit that splits light emitted from a first beam splitter of the microscope and provides spectroscopy results;
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- a reception unit that receives at least one from among an enlargement ratio and a focal length of the surgical microscope;
- wherein the output unit corrects at least a portion of the spectroscopy results of the spectroscopy unit according to at least one from among the enlargement ratio and the focal length received by the reception unit to provide corrected spectroscopy results;
- wherein the output unit is further caused to perform outputting according to the corrected spectroscopy results by the spectroscopy unit;
- wherein the spectroscopy unit splits light emitted from the first beam splitter in a situation where normal tissue is observed with the exciting light as the light source and splits light emitted from the first beam splitter in a situation where abnormal tissue is observed with the exciting light as the light source;
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- wherein the output unit outputs information relating to a comparison between spectroscopy results for the normal tissue and spectroscopy results for the abnormal tissue, the information output by the output unit comprising a real-time indication that abnormal tissue is included in the observation region.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.