Endoscope apparatus

Details Endoscope apparatus Endoscope apparatus

2006-03-02

2010-12-14

Smith, Philip R (Department: 3739)

Surgery

Endoscope

With camera or solid state imager

Reexamination Certificate

active

07850599

ABSTRACT:
An endoscope apparatus comprises: an endoscope comprising an imaging device that forms a color image signal of a body to be observed; a storage portion that stores matrix data regarding a wavelength range in which a spectral image is constituted; a spectral image forming circuit that conducts matrix calculation based on the color image signals by using the matrix data of the storage portion and forms a spectral image of a selected wavelength range; and a wavelength selecting section that selects the wavelength range of the spectral image formed by the spectral image forming circuit through a continuous changeover or a step-wise changeover.

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“Analysis and Evaluation of Digital Color Images” University of Tokyo Press, 2000, pp. 148-153.

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