Fluoroscopic apparatus

A fluoroscopic apparatus in which an object image formed by an objective optical system provided at a front end of an insertion portion of an endoscope is transmitted to an ocular portion through a first bundle of image guiding optical fibers to view the object image, comprising;

• an excitation light filter which permits light having a wavelength band for exciting fluorescence from an object to be viewed to pass therethrough, said excitation light filter being retractably inserted in an optical path of illuminating light with which the object is illuminated;
• a beam splitter provided in the ocular portion to split the object image transmitted to the ocular portion through said first bundle of image guiding optical fibers into an image for normal observation and an image for fluorescence observation;
• a first image pickup device provided for receiving said image for normal observation, said first image pickup device being positioned behind said beam splitter in an optical path for normal observation extending from said beam splitter;
• a first image forming lens in said optical path for normal observation disposed between said beam splitter and said first image pickup device, said first image forming lens converging and forming an object image of light transmitted through said beam splitter;
• an optical path of the image for fluorescence observation extending from said beam splitter to a second image pickup device;
• an image intensifier disposed outside said ocular portion and within said optical path for florescence observation;
• a second bundle of image guiding optical fibers provided in said optical path of the image for fluorescence observation to transmit the image from said beam splitter to said image intensifier;
• a second image forming lens in said optical path for fluorescence observation disposed between said beam splitter and said image intensifier, said second image forming lens converging and forming an object image of light transmitted through said beam splitter onto a receiving surface of said second bundle of image guiding optical fibers;
• a filter for fluorescence observation, provided in the optical path of the image for fluorescence observation to permit light having a wavelength band other than the wavelength band which can pass through the excitation light filter to pass therethrough;
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• a second image pickup device positioned in said optical path for fluorescence observation behind said image intensifier to receive an image intensified by said image intensifier.