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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1999
Yoshiteru Ii, Osaka-fu, JP;
Akira Kaneda, Osaka-fu, JP;
Takayoshi Yuzu, Nara-ken, JP;
Toshiyoshi Yamamoto, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Harubumi Kato, Tokyo-to, JP;
Katsuo Aizawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In photodynamic diagnosis and photodynamic therapy, the oscillating wavelength of laser light from a light source is fitted to a plurality of different kinds of photosensitizers and exciting conditions thereof. Moreover, diagnosis and treatment are achieved using a single light source. Concurrent diagnosis during treatment is realized as well. A semiconductor laser generates laser light having an oscillating wavelength which is variable and a full width at half maximum which is narrow. A light transmission line guides an irradiated laser light the vicinity of a focus, an image transmission line observes the focus and the periphery thereof, a fluorescence light extracting device extracts only the fluorescence light emitted from a photosensitizer excited by the irradiated laser light, an image-pick-up/analyzing device picks up and analyzes an image of the extracted fluorescence light and an image display device displays the analyzing result.