Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon

National University Corporation Asahikawa Medical University

National University Corporation Asahikawa Medical Univerity

Hideaki Tokoro

Yasufumi Fukuma

Masahiro Akiba

Taiki Aimi

Shunsuke Nakamura

Akitoshi Yoshida

Eiichi Sano

In an embodiment, cross sectional image storage stores a cross sectional image group including multiple cross sectional images each of which is associated with time. Phase image storage stores a phase image group including multiple phase images each of which is associated with time. Blood flow information storage stores a blood flow information group including multiple blood flow information each of which is related to blood flow in a blood vessel of the living body and is associated with time. Display synchronously displays a cross sectional image included in the cross sectional image group and a phase image included in the phase image group using time associated with the cross sectional image and the phase image, and displays a blood flow image. The display performs the same change as the change to the change operation to the cross sectional image, the phase image and the blood flow image.

Image displaying apparatus

In an embodiment, cross sectional image storage stores a cross sectional image group including multiple cross sectional images each of which is associated with time. Phase image storage stores a phase image group including multiple phase images each of which is associated with time. Blood flow information storage stores a blood flow information group including multiple blood flow information each of which is related to blood flow in a blood vessel of the living body and is associated with time. Display synchronously displays a cross sectional image included in the cross sectional image group and a phase image included in the phase image group using time associated with the cross sectional image and the phase image, and displays a blood flow image that expresses multiple blood flow information. The display performs the same change as the change to the cross sectional image, the phase image and the blood flow image.

Image displaying method

An optical system splits light into signal light and reference light and detects interference light between scattered light of signal light from living body and reference light. A scanner performs first scan in which first cross section that intersects interested blood vessel is repeatedly scanned with signal light. An image forming part forms first cross sectional image expressing chronological variation of morphology of first cross section and phase image expressing chronological variation of phase difference based on detection results of interference light acquired during first scan. A blood vessel region specifying part specifies blood vessel region corresponding to interested blood vessel for first cross sectional image and phase image. A blood flow information generator generates blood flow information related to interested blood vessel based on blood vessel region of first cross sectional image and chronological variation of phase difference within blood vessel region of phase image.

Optical image measuring apparatus, image displaying apparatus and image displaying method

An ophthalmological photographing instrument has photographing means for imaging the fundus of an eye to be tested every time a photographing switch is actuated, and a barrier filter to be inserted into a photographing optical path when a fluorescence photography is performed. It also has a light receiving sensor for receiving fluorescence emitted from the eye fundus and control means for inserting the barrier filter into the taking optical path every time the taking switch is actuated when a light receiving signal output from the eye fundus becomes either larger or smaller than a predetermined value.

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Hideaki Tokoro