Abstract:
An optical-scanning-type observation probe is provided with: an imaging optical system that illumination light scanned by an optical scanner enters and that focuses the illumination light in the form of a spot, multiple times; a projection optical system that emits illumination light coming from a focus position focused by the imaging optical system, toward a subject in the form of a spot; and a light-receiver that is provided independently of the imaging optical system and the projection optical system and that receives reflected light of the illumination light, the reflected light coming from the subject, via a light path different from that of the imaging optical system and the projection optical system.
Abstract:
A light-scanning apparatus according to the present invention is provided with: an optical fiber; a signal-generating portion that generates a driving signal that has a frequency fd different from a resonant frequency fr of the optical fiber; and a driving portion that causes a distal end of the optical fiber to undergo spiral oscillations in accordance with the driving signal, wherein the signal-generating portion generates the driving signal that includes, during one scanning period, a first period in which an amplitude gradually increases from substantially zero to a maximum value and a second period in which the amplitude gradually decreases from the maximum value to substantially zero, and that satisfies conditional expression (1) below. N2 is the number of oscillations of the driving signal in the second period. { Eq . 1 } 2 ≥ 1 N 2 2 · 12 ( fd fr - 0.999 ) 2 ( when fd fr > 1 ) ( 1 )
Abstract:
An optical scanning apparatus includes an optical fiber that emits illumination light from a distal end thereof toward a subject, an actuator that oscillates the distal end of the optical fiber, and a controller that controls the actuator so as to two-dimensionally scan the illumination light on the subject and so as to satisfy Conditional Expression of P1≤0.5×D, where D is a spot diameter of the illumination light on the subject, and P1 is a scanning-line pitch of the illumination light on the subject.
Abstract:
An optical scanning apparatus, including: an optical fiber (11); a holding unit (29) for holding an emission end (11a) of the optical fiber (11) in an oscillatable manner; and a driving unit (28a to 28d) for driving the emission end (11a), in which the holding unit (29) has a holding structure that is different between the vibration direction caused by the driving unit (28a to 28d)/a direction orthogonal to the vibration direction, and other directions.
Abstract:
An endoscope apparatus includes: a light source that radiates a pulsed light beam onto an imaging subject; an imaging optical system; an image transmission optical system that transmits the image of the imaging subject; an optical sensor that has a light receiving surface on which a plurality of pixels are arrayed and that detects a light level of the image; and one or more processors, wherein the optical sensor obtains light levels by detecting, in a time division manner, a reflected light beam of the pulsed light beam at each of the pixels, and wherein the processors are configured to: calculate an observation distance to the imaging subject from the imaging optical system on a basis of the light levels.
Abstract:
A method and an apparatus for setting driving conditions applied in an optical scanning apparatus. The method for setting driving conditions includes attaching a scanning pattern detector and adjusting a scanning pattern detected by the scanning pattern detector by changing a drive signal applied to an actuator (steps S03 to S06). The step of adjusting includes setting a first drive signal value of the drive signal applied to the actuator and a target amplitude of the scanning pattern (step S03) and determining a frequency of the drive signal applied to the actuator by comparing an amplitude of the scanning pattern detected by changing the frequency of the drive signal applied to the actuator with the target amplitude while vibrating the actuator at the first drive signal value (step S04).
Abstract:
An optical scanning endoscope apparatus includes an optical fiber for illumination, a driver that drives the tip of the optical fiber for illumination in a Lissajous scan pattern, illumination lenses that irradiate an object of observation with irradiation light emitted from the tip of the fiber, a photodetector that detects light obtained from the object of observation by irradiation with the irradiation light and converts the light to an electrical signal, an image processor that generates an image based on the electrical signal output by the photodetector, and a phase adjustor that adjusts the phase of the drive waveform of the driver so as to correct a phase shift between the drive waveform of the tip of the fiber by the driver and the vibration waveform of the tip of the fiber.
Abstract:
Provided is an optical scanning observation apparatus including: a light source unit (30) for outputting laser light; a scanning part (23) for scanning, on an object of observation (70), a condensing position of the laser light output from the light source; and a detection unit (40) for sampling signal light obtained through scanning of the laser light, and converting the signal light into an electric signal, in which a sampling time for detecting signal light per one sampling is varied in accordance with changes in scanning rate of the scanning part (24) scanning on the object of observation (70). In this manner, variation in resolution of an image resulting from changes in scanning rate per each sampling can be reduced.
Abstract:
An optical scanning apparatus including: an optical fiber that is configured to guide light from a light source to emit the light from a distal end thereof; a driver that is configured to oscillate the distal end of the optical fiber at a driving frequency in a direction intersecting a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber; a resonance-frequency detector that is configured to detect a resonance frequency of the distal end of the optical fiber; and a driving-frequency adjustor that is configured to adjust the driving frequency so that the ratio between the resonance frequency detected by the resonance-frequency detector and the driving frequency becomes constant.
Abstract:
Provided is a scanning endoscope system including an illumination-light emitting unit that outputs illumination light emitted from a light source in a spot-like manner toward a subject, a light scanner that scans the illumination light output from the illumination-light emitting unit over the subject, and a light detector that is provided in a movable manner relative to the illumination-light emitting unit and that detects reflection light from a scan position on the subject over which the illumination light is scanned by the light scanner.