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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2001
Naoki Hasegawa, Chofu, JP;
Sayaka Konno, Hino, JP;
Naruto Shinkai, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomoya Kitano, Nagano, JP;
Motoyasu Sagawa, Sendai, JP;
Masami Sato, Sendai, JP;
Akira Sakurada, Sendai, JP;
Olympus Optical Col., LTD, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of forming an image of detailed cilium wrapped by mucus which exists in the epithelial layer of a cellular structure of a bronchus, where the method includes the steps of: irradiating an illumination light to the epithelial layer; generating Fresnel reflected light; irradiating the Fresnel reflected light to an image pick-up optical system; enlarging the Fresnel reflected light by the image pick-up optical system so that the enlarged Fresnel reflected light can be received by the image pick-up element; scanning at a velocity which is more than the velocity of motion of the cilium by the image pick-up element; transmitting image information from the image pick-up element to an observable medium with the naked eye; and displaying the image of detailed cilium by the observable medium.