Beam scanning probe system for surgery

A beam scanning probe system for surgery comprising:

• image acquiring means for acquiring image information including a lesion to be operated on of a test organ;
• a monitor for displaying an image including the lesion based on the image information including the lesion;
• a beam scanning probe for acquiring histological image information from a specific site of the lesion;
• a rigid sheath which can receive the insertion of the beam scanning probe through its hollow cavity down to its tip, the rigid sheath being able to guide the beam scanning probe inserted to its tip to the specific site;
• a marker provided to the rigid sheath, the marker being apart by a predetermined distance from the tip of the rigid sheath;
• a detector for detecting position information of the marker in a three-dimensional space;
• a superimposed image generating circuit which obtains position information of the beam scanning probe in the three-dimensional space based on the position information of the marker, correlates the position information of the beam scanning probe with the image information of the lesion in the three-dimensional space, and obtains a superimposed image information where the position information of the beam scanning probe is superimposed upon the image information including the lesion;
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• a memory for registering the superimposed image information and the histological image information correlated with the position information of the beam scanning probe, and registering the information as such.