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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2006
Shinji Takeuchi, Saitama, JP;
Kazunori Abe, Saitama, JP;
Daisuke Ayame, Saitama, JP;
Mitsuru Higuchi, Saitama, JP;
Shinji Takeuchi, Saitama, JP;
Kazunori Abe, Saitama, JP;
Daisuke Ayame, Saitama, JP;
Mitsuru Higuchi, Saitama, JP;
Fujinon Corporation, Saitama, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope apparatus comprises: an endoscope comprising an imaging device that forms a color image signal of a body to be observed; a storage portion that stores matrix data regarding a wavelength range in which a spectral image is constituted; a spectral image forming circuit that conducts matrix calculation based on the color image signals by using the matrix data of the storage portion and forms a spectral image of a selected wavelength range; and a wavelength selecting section that selects the wavelength range of the spectral image formed by the spectral image forming circuit through a continuous changeover or a step-wise changeover.