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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2007
Koki Morishita, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Koki Morishita, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope system and an observation method using the same includes an agent dispensing portion for dispensing towards an acquisition object a fluorescent agent; a light source portion for emitting excitation light for exciting the fluorescent agent and irradiation light having different spectral characteristics from the excitation light; an optical system for transmitting the excitation light and the irradiation light towards the acquisition object; image-acquisition means, disposed at a portion that is inserted inside a body cavity and capable of acquiring fluorescence excited from the acquisition object by the excitation light, and light in a different wavelength band, which is excited from the acquisition object by the irradiation light; and control means for controlling the agent-dispensing means so that the acquisition object is irradiated with the irradiation light before the fluorescent agent is spouted out towards the acquisition object and for synchronizing at least the operation for spouting the fluorescent agent from the agent dispensing portion with the irradiation of the excitation light.