Thermographic endoscope
First Claim
1. A thermographic/endoscope having an insert part that is inserted into a body cavity, said insert part having an outside and a distal end, said endoscope comprising:
- infrared image forming means disposed in said distal end of said insert part so as to form an infrared image of a part under inspection;
means for transmitting the infrared image formed by said infrared image forming means to the outside of said insert part;
means for converting the infrared image, which is transmitted by said infrared image transmitting means, into a visible image and for displaying said visible image, said means for converting the infrared image being a thermovision that visually displays a temperature distribution indicating a temperature difference between normal and abnormal cells, the temperature difference being displayed in the form of variations in color on a display; and
means for injecting a low temperature gas outwardly from the distal end of said insert part of said endoscope, said low temperature gas increasing the variations in color indicating the temperature difference between normal and abnormal cells on said display.
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Abstract
A thermographic endoscope having an insert part that is inserted into a body cavity. The thermographic endoscope includes an infrared image forming device disposed in the distal end of the insert part so as to form an infrared image of a part under inspection, and a device for transmitting the infrared image formed by the infrared image forming device to the outside of the insert part. The thermographic endoscope further includes a device for converting the infrared image, which is transmitted by the infrared image transmitting device, into a visible image and for displaying the visible image, and a device for injecting low-temperature gas outwardly from the distal end of the insert part of the endoscope.
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1. A thermographic/endoscope having an insert part that is inserted into a body cavity, said insert part having an outside and a distal end, said endoscope comprising:
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infrared image forming means disposed in said distal end of said insert part so as to form an infrared image of a part under inspection; means for transmitting the infrared image formed by said infrared image forming means to the outside of said insert part; means for converting the infrared image, which is transmitted by said infrared image transmitting means, into a visible image and for displaying said visible image, said means for converting the infrared image being a thermovision that visually displays a temperature distribution indicating a temperature difference between normal and abnormal cells, the temperature difference being displayed in the form of variations in color on a display; and means for injecting a low temperature gas outwardly from the distal end of said insert part of said endoscope, said low temperature gas increasing the variations in color indicating the temperature difference between normal and abnormal cells on said display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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