Development of the autofluorescence endoscope imaging system.
It is a well known fact that light emitted at a specific wavelength induces fluorescence in the human body. This kind of fluorescence is called autofluorescence. The application of autofluorescence diagnosis, on the other hand, is a more complicated system designed to detect faint autofluorescence inherent in tissues/cells. We have adopted this autofluorescence diagnosis method and developed a new autofluorescence endoscope imaging system called the SAFE-1000. Normal mucosa emitting autofluorescence appears green on the monitor, while abnormal mucosa shows a dark image caused by the lack of autofluorescence.
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Research and Designing Department Medical Instrument Division Asahi Optical Co. Ltd. 2-36-9 Maenocho Itabashi-ku Tokyo 174 Japan.
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