Abstract:
A mammography device 1 is an apparatus for acquiring internal information of a breast B of an examinee A by radiating light to the breast B and detecting the diffused light, and includes a container 3 configured to surround the breast B and a plurality of optical fibers 11 attached to be directed inward in the container 3 and configured to perform radiation and detection of light. The container 3 has a base member 30 having an opening 30a, a plurality of annular members 40 continuously disposed to come in communication with the opening 30a, and a bottom member 50 disposed inside the annular member 40 spaced the farthest distance from the base member 30. The annular members 40 and the bottom member 50 are configured to relatively displace the adjacent annular member 40 on the side of the base member 30 or the base member 30 in a communication direction. Some of the plurality of optical fibers 11 is attached to the plurality of annular members 40.
Abstract:
The bioinstrumentation apparatus 10 includes a light irradiation unit irradiating a measurement region B with light, a light detection unit detecting diffused light from the measurement region, and a computing unit 14 generating a reconstructed image for the interior of the measurement region. The computing unit 14 calculates J coefficients w j set for every pixel of the reconstructed image and more than 0 and not more than 1 (where J is the number of pixels of the reconstructed image) and carries out successive approximation computation by the following iterative formula x j k + 1 = x j k + w j d j k (where k is an integer from 1 to N, N is the number of times of iterative computation, x j (k) is a pixel value of the jth pixel on the kth iterative computation, and d j (k) is an update amount of the jth pixel on the kth iterative computation) to generate the reconstructed image. Thereby, there are provided a bioinstrumentation apparatus and an image generating method capable of suppressing a difference in spatial resolution and noise characteristics depending on a position inside the measurement region to generate an image which is uniform to a greater extent.
Abstract:
The bioinstrumentation apparatus 10 includes a light irradiation unit irradiating a measurement region B with light, a light detection unit detecting diffused light from the measurement region, and a computing unit 14 generating a reconstructed image for the interior of the measurement region. The computing unit 14 calculates J coefficients w j set for every pixel of the reconstructed image and more than 0 and not more than 1 (where J is the number of pixels of the reconstructed image) and carries out successive approximation computation by the following iterative formula x j k + 1 = x j k + w j �¢ d j k (where k is an integer from 1 to N, N is the number of times of iterative computation, x j (k) is a pixel value of the jth pixel on the kth iterative computation, and d j (k) is an update amount of the jth pixel on the kth iterative computation) to generate the reconstructed image. Thereby, there are provided a bioinstrumentation apparatus and an image generating method capable of suppressing a difference in spatial resolution and noise characteristics depending on a position inside the measurement region to generate an image which is uniform to a greater extent.
Abstract:
Light P of a predetermined wavelength irradiates one light incident position I set on the surface Ba of a scattering-absorption body B. The light P that propagates through the interior of the scattering-absorption body B is detected at one light detecting position D set on the surface Ba of the scattering-absorption body B, to yield a light detection signal. On the basis of this light detection signal, a temporal profile of the light intensity of the detected light is acquired, and on the basis of the temporal profile, an mean optical path length L of the light P in the interior of the scattering-absorption body B and information relating to the amount of substance to be measured in a region to be measured B1 are calculated. The information relating to the amount of substance to be measured is corrected on the basis of the mean optical path length L, such that the longer the mean optical path length L, the greater the amount of substance to be measured is. The method allows obtaining measurement results, exhibiting no influence of intervening tissue, to be obtained in accordance with a simple method.
Abstract:
Light P of a predetermined wavelength irradiates one light incident position I set on the surface Ba of a scattering-absorption body B. The light P that propagates through the interior of the scattering-absorption body B is detected at one light detecting position D set on the surface Ba of the scattering-absorption body B, to yield a light detection signal. On the basis of this light detection signal, a temporal profile of the light intensity of the detected light is acquired, and on the basis of the temporal profile, an mean optical path length L of the light P in the interior of the scattering-absorption body B and information relating to the amount of substance to be measured in a region to be measured B1 are calculated. The information relating to the amount of substance to be measured is corrected on the basis of the mean optical path length L, such that the longer the mean optical path length L, the greater the amount of substance to be measured is. The method allows obtaining measurement results, exhibiting no influence of intervening tissue, to be obtained in accordance with a simple method.
Abstract:
A breast measurement apparatus 1 comprises a receptacle 3 for surrounding a breast B; a plurality of optical fibers 11 for irradiating the breast B with examination light and detecting transmitted scattered light from the breast B; an inner image generation unit 53 for generating an optical CT image concerning the breast B according to a detection signal of the transmitted scattered light; an ultrasonic probe 21, arranged so as to face the inside of the receptacle 3, for scanning the breast B with an ultrasonic wave and receiving a reflected wave from the breast B; an image generation unit 24 for generating an ultrasonic image concerning the breast B according to the reflected wave; and a mechanism for injecting and discharging a liquid interface agent I into and from the inside of the receptacle 3. This makes it possible to acquire an ultrasonic image and an optical CT image under the same measurement condition.