Treatment support apparatus and determination method in treatment support apparatus
AssigneeShimadzu Corporation
InventorHiroyuki TSUMATORI
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Abstract
This treatment support apparatus is provided with a fluorescence detection unit for detecting fluorescence emitted from a photosensitizer by being irradiating with treatment light, and a determination unit for determining a cancer region based on a temporal change of a signal value of the fluorescence detected by the fluorescence detection unit.
Claims12
A treatment support apparatus for supporting cancer treatment by imaging a cancer treatment target site of a subject when performing the cancer treatment by irradiating a photosensitizer accumulated in the cancer treatment target site with treatment light, the treatment support apparatus comprising:
- a fluorescence detection unit configured to detect fluorescence emitted from the photosensitizer by being irradiated with the treatment light;
- a determination unit configured to determine a cancer region based on a temporal change of a signal value of the fluorescence detected by the fluorescence detection unit.
A determination method in a treatment support apparatus for supporting cancer treatment by imaging a cancer treatment target site of a subject when performing the cancer treatment by irradiating a photosensitizer accumulated in the cancer treatment target site with treatment light, the determination method comprising the steps of:
- detecting fluorescence emitted from the photosensitizer by being irradiated with the treatment light;
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- determining a cancer region based on a temporal change of a signal value of the detected fluorescence.
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