摘要:
The pH of a substance to be measured can be measured without being influenced by the intensity of excitation light (L1), the concentration of fluorescent material and surrounding environments. In a pH measurement method, pulsed excitation light (L1) including a wavelength that can excite a predetermined fluorescent material (P) contained in living matter is generated. The fluorescent material acts as coenzyme in oxidation/reduction reaction in vivo. Further, the intensity of the pulsed excitation light (L1) does not damage a tissue nor a cell in the living matter, and does not substantially change the pH of the living matter. Further, a predetermined position in the living matter is illuminated with the pulsed excitation light (L1), and light including fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent material excited by illumination with the pulsed excitation light (L1) is received. The lifetime (Tf) of the fluorescence is calculated by time-resolving the intensity of the received fluorescence, and the pH of the living matter is measured based on the lifetime (Tf).
摘要:
It is possible to highly accurately measure the oxygen concentration of a substance to be measured without being influenced by the intensity of excitation light (L1), the concentration of fluorescent material, and the surrounding environment. Pulsed excitation light (L1) including a wavelength that can excite a fluorescent material contained in living matter is generated. The fluorescence lifetime (Tf) of the fluorescent material is longer than or equal to 4.8 nanoseconds. A predetermined position in the living matter is illuminated with the pulsed excitation light (L1). Further, light including fluorescence (Lf) emitted from the fluorescent material excited by illumination with the pulsed excitation light (L1) is received. The lifetime (Tf) of the fluorescence (Lf) included in the received light is calculated by time-resolving the intensity of the fluorescence (Lf) . Further, the oxygen concentration of the living matter is measured based on the lifetime (Tf)
摘要:
The pH of a substance to be measured is accurately measured without being influenced by the intensity of excitation light (L1), the concentration of fluorescent material and surrounding environments. The pH is measured by generating pulsed excitation-light (L1) including a wavelength that can excite a plurality of kinds of fluorescent-material in living matter that act as coenzyme in oxidation/reduction reaction in vivo, and the intensity of the light not damaging a tissue nor a cell and substantially not changing pH, and by illuminating a predetermined position in the living matter with the light (L1), and by receiving fluorescence (Lf), and by resolving the intensity of the fluorescence (Lf) into time domains the number of which is greater than that of the fluorescent-material, and by detecting the intensities of the fluorescence (Lf) in the respective time domains, and by obtaining approximate-curves having gradients unique to the fluorescent-materials based on the intensities in the respective time domains, and by calculating fluorescence lifetimes (Tf) of at least two of the plurality of kinds of fluorescent-material based on the approximate-curves, and by measuring the pH of the living matter based on the lifetimes (Tf).