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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2011
Applicants:
Kazuhiko Amano, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Shimizu, Sapporo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuhiko Amano, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Shimizu, Sapporo, JP;
Assignees:
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, Sapporo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); G01N 21/359 (2014.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); G01N 21/49 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/0402 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/359 (2013.01); A61B 5/0075 (2013.01); A61B 5/1455 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); G01N 21/49 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/024 (2013.01); A61B 5/0402 (2013.01); A61B 5/6824 (2013.01); A61B 5/721 (2013.01); A61B 5/7221 (2013.01); A61B 5/7257 (2013.01); A61B 5/7278 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0252 (2013.01); G01N 2201/1211 (2013.01);
Abstract
A concentration determination apparatus may determine a concentration of a target component in an arbitrary layer of an observed object including a plurality of light scattering medium layers. The concentration determination apparatus may include an irradiation unit, light scattering medium layer selection unit, a light receiving unit, a light intensity acquisition unit, an optical absorption coefficient calculation unit, and a concentration calculation unit.