Blood vessel detecting apparatus
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1. A blood vessel detecting apparatus comprising:
- a light source for irradiating a target vessel portion with a laser beam;
an image pickup device which picks up a blood vessel image of an eye; and
a processing system electrically coupled to said image pickup device, the system determining the target vessel portion of the eye from the blood vessel image irradiated by the laser beam and whether the target vessel portion comprises a single blood vessel or more than a single blood vessel, wherein the determination of whether the target vessel portion of the eye comprises a single blood vessel or more than a single blood vessel is used to determined at least one of the blood flow velocity, diameter and blood flow volume.
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Disclosed is a blood vessel detecting apparatus which accurately detects a blood vessel using an image pickup element having a plurality of pixels to pick up an image of a blood vessel, a detector for detecting a pixel output estimated as a blood vessel on the basis of pixel the output from the image pickup elements, and a determination unit for, when the detector detects pixel outputs that are likely to be a plurality of blood vessels, determining a correct number of blood vessels using the pixel output or an area image pickup element.
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1. A blood vessel detecting apparatus comprising:
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a light source for irradiating a target vessel portion with a laser beam;
an image pickup device which picks up a blood vessel image of an eye; and
a processing system electrically coupled to said image pickup device, the system determining the target vessel portion of the eye from the blood vessel image irradiated by the laser beam and whether the target vessel portion comprises a single blood vessel or more than a single blood vessel, wherein the determination of whether the target vessel portion of the eye comprises a single blood vessel or more than a single blood vessel is used to determined at least one of the blood flow velocity, diameter and blood flow volume. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A blood vessel detecting apparatus comprising:
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a two-dimensional area sensor which picks up a two-dimensional blood vessel image of an eye in which blood flows in a blood flow direction and outputs a signal representing the two-dimensional blood vessel image; and
a processing system that executes signal processing on the signal output by said two-dimensional area sensor to extract data representing a feature of the blood vessel, said data including at least one of the features such as the number of blood vessels, blood flow direction of the blood vessel and the position of the blood vessel on the basis of the blood vessel image picked up by said two-dimensional area sensor in a direction perpendicular to the blood flow direction. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A blood vessel detecting apparatus comprising:
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an image pickup device having a plurality of pixels for picking up an image of a blood vessel;
discriminating means for discriminating the number of blood vessels on the basis of an output from said image pickup device;
tracking means for tracking a predetermined blood vessel on the basis of information on the detected number of blood vessels; and
velocity measuring means for measuring the velocity of the blood flowing in the blood vessel on which the tracking operation has been performed by said tracking means.
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15. A blood vessel detecting apparatus comprising:
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an image pickup device having a plurality of pixels for picking up an image of a blood vessel;
discriminating means for discriminating the number of blood vessels on the basis of an output from said image pickup device;
diameter calculation means for calculating the diameter of a predetermined blood vessel on the basis of information of the detected number of blood vessels;
velocity measuring means for measuring the velocity of the blood flowing in the predetermined blood vessel; and
blood flow volume calculation means for calculating the blood flow volume flowing in the predetermined blood vessel on the basis of the diameter of the predetermined blood vessel and the velocity of the blood measured by said velocity measuring means.
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16. A blood vessel detecting apparatus comprising:
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an image pickup device having a plurality of pixels for picking up an image of a blood vessel;
discriminating means for discriminating the number of blood vessels on the basis of an output from said image pickup device;
tracking means for tracking a predetermined blood vessel on the basis of information of the discriminated number of vessels;
diameter calculation means for calculating the diameter of the predetermined blood vessel on the basis of information of the discriminated number of blood vessels;
velocity measuring means for measuring the velocity of the blood flowing in the predetermined blood vessel on which the tracking operation is performed; and
blood flow volume calculation means for calculating the blood flow volume flowing in the predetermined blood vessel on the basis of the diameter of the predetermined blood vessel and the velocity of the blood measured by said velocity measuring means.
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17. A blood vessel detecting apparatus comprising:
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irradiation means for irradiating a target blood vessel;
image pickup means for picking up a blood vessel portion including the target blood vessel irradiated by said irradiation means to output an image pickup signal;
signal processing means for carrying out an operation on the image pickup signal as outputted;
determination means for determining whether the target blood vessel contains a single blood vessel or plural blood vessels, and a position of the target blood vessel, on the basis of the image pickup signal processed by said signal processing means; and
control means for controlling a performance of said apparatus on the basis of a determination result of said determination means. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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