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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2017
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Atsuyoshi Shimamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Namiki, Saitama, JP;
Keiichiro Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Takamitsu Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Mikihiko Terashima, Tokyo, JP;
Yoko Okabe, Tokyo, JP;
Yu Kondo, Kanagawa, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a scanning endoscope system including: an illumination-light emitting portion that is inserted into a body of a patient and that emits illumination light emitted from a light-source portion toward an imaging subject in the body in a spot-like manner; a light scanner that scans the illumination light on the imaging subject; and a light detector that is disposed at a body surface of the patient, and that detects reflected light coming from the scanning position in the imaging subject, at which the illumination light is scanned by the light scanner.