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US 2017/0284938 A1Published application
Biological tissue observation apparatus and biological tissue observation method
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsShinichi TAKIMOTO, Yohei TANIKAWA
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Abstract
Provided is a biological tissue observation apparatus including an optical fiber probe that receives fluorescence via an input end disposed at one end thereof and that optically guides the fluorescence toward the base end in the longitudinal direction, a photodetector that is disposed facing an output end disposed at the base end of the optical fiber probe and that detects the fluorescence output from the output end, and a scatter suppressing unit provided near the input end of the optical fiber probe.
Claims7
A biological tissue observation apparatus comprising:
- a photodetector that detects light;
- and
- a scatter suppressing unit that denatures biological tissue disposed facing the photodetector so as to make a refractive-index distribution in the biological tissue uniform.
A biological tissue observation method comprising:
- a rarefying step of denaturing biological tissue covering an observation site so as to make a refractive-index distribution in the biological tissue uniform;
- and
- a detecting step of detecting light released outward from the observation site via the biological tissue denatured in the rarefying step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.