Optical system for measuring metabolism in a body and imaging method
First Claim
1. A living body optical measurement system comprising:
- an irradiation unit adapted to irradiate light on a living body while alternately setting loading time during which load is applied to the living body and unloading time during which load is not applied to the living body,a measurement unit adapted to measure the living body transmitting light intensity by irradiating the light on the living body to obtain a measured signal,an arithmetic unit adapted to calculate a signal which corresponds to the fluctuation due to hemodynamic movement in the living body during a relaxation time,wherein the relaxation time is the time during which the signal has time to recover its intact form following the loading time and in which influence by application of the load remains during the unloading time, andwherein the calculation is done by eliminating the measured signal from the relaxation time and fitting a predetermined function, through use of a method of least squares, to the remaining unloading-time portions of the measured signal, anda display unit adapted to display a result calculated by said arithmetic unit.
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Abstract
In an optical measurement system and imaging method adapted to measure in vivo information in a living body without harming the living body, light rays of a plurality of wavelengths which are modulated in intensity with a plurality of different frequencies are irradiated on a plurality of irradiation positions on the surface of a living body, and time-variable changes in living body transmitting light intensity levels corresponding to the respective wavelengths and the respective irradiation positions are measured at different positions on the surface of the living body. Light is utilized to image the results of the measurements, in which the measuring time is shortened by estimating fluctuation attributable to the living body, and the presence or absence of a change in measured signal can be decided easily by displaying an estimation signal and a measured signal at a time.
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17 Claims
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1. A living body optical measurement system comprising:
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an irradiation unit adapted to irradiate light on a living body while alternately setting loading time during which load is applied to the living body and unloading time during which load is not applied to the living body, a measurement unit adapted to measure the living body transmitting light intensity by irradiating the light on the living body to obtain a measured signal, an arithmetic unit adapted to calculate a signal which corresponds to the fluctuation due to hemodynamic movement in the living body during a relaxation time, wherein the relaxation time is the time during which the signal has time to recover its intact form following the loading time and in which influence by application of the load remains during the unloading time, and wherein the calculation is done by eliminating the measured signal from the relaxation time and fitting a predetermined function, through use of a method of least squares, to the remaining unloading-time portions of the measured signal, and a display unit adapted to display a result calculated by said arithmetic unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A living body optical measurement system comprising:
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an irradiation unit adapted to irradiate light on a living body while alternately setting loading time during which load is applied to the living body and unloading time during which load is not applied to the living body, a measurement unit adapted to measure the living body transmitting light intensity by irradiating the light on the living body to obtain a measured signal, an arithmetic unit adapted to calculate a signal which corresponds to the fluctuation due to hemodynamic movement in the living body during a relaxation time, wherein the relaxation time is the time during which the signal has time to recover its intact form following the loading time and in which influence by application of the load remains during the unloading time, and wherein the calculation is done by eliminating the measured signal from the relaxation time and fitting a predetermined function, through use of a method of least squares, to the remaining unloading-time portions of the measured signal, and a display unit adapted to display a result calculated by said arithmetic unit, wherein said arithmetic unit is adapted to perform said fitting to the measured signal during two unloading times before and after each loading time from which the measured signal during the relaxation time is eliminated.
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8. A living body optical measurement system comprising:
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an irradiation unit adapted to irradiate light on a living body while alternately setting loading time during which load is applied to the living body and unloading time during which load is not applied to the living body, a measurement unit adapted to measure the living body transmitting light intensity by irradiating the light on the living body to obtain a measured signal, an arithmetic unit adapted to calculate a signal which corresponds to the fluctuation due to hemodynamic movement in the living body during a relaxation time, wherein the relaxation time is the time during which the signal has time to recover its intact form following the loading time and in which influence by application of the load remains during the unloading time, and wherein the calculation is done by eliminating the measured signal from the relaxation time and fitting a predetermined function, through use of a method of least squares, to the remaining unloading-time portions of the measured signal, and a display unit adapted to display a result calculated by said arithmetic unit, wherein said arithmetic unit is adapted to perform said fitting to the measured signal during a plurality of unloading times from which the measured signal during the relaxation time is eliminated.
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9. A living body optical measurement system comprising:
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a plurality of light sources adapted to simultaneously irradiate a plurality of light rays having wavelengths different from each other on a head of a living body, a detector unit adapted to detect intensities of the light rays after the light rays irradiated on the head of the living body are transmitted through the living body, and adapted to separate the living body transmitting light rays with respect to each wavelength to measure the intensity of the separated light to obtain a measured signal with respect to each wavelength, an arithmetic unit adapted to perform calculation for obtaining a signal due to a change in hemodynamic movement in the head with respect to each wavelength on a basis of a detected result of said detector unit, a display unit adapted to display calculated results of said arithmetic unit, and an input unit, wherein said arithmetic unit is adapted to calculate a signal which corresponds to the fluctuation due to hemodynamic movement in the head during a relaxation time, wherein the relaxation time is the time during which the measured signal has time to recover its intact form following the loading time and in which influence by application of the load remains during the unloading time, and wherein the calculation is done by eliminating the measured signal from the relaxation time and fitting a predetermined function, through use of a method of least squares, to the remaining unloading-time portions of the measured signal, and wherein said display unit displays the signal due to the change in hemodynamic movement in the head calculated by said arithmetic unit and said measured signal.
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10. A living body optical measurement system comprising:
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a plurality of light sources adapted to irradiate a plurality of light rays having wavelengths different from each other on a living body, a detector unit adapted to detect intensities of the light rays after the light rays from said light sources irradiated on the living body, are transmitted through the living body, to obtain a plurality of measured signals, a computer adapted to calculate a signal which corresponds to the fluctuation due to hemodynamic movement in the living body during a relaxation time, wherein the relaxation time is the time during which the plurality of measured signals have time to recover its intact form following the loading time and in which influence by application of the load remains during the unloading time, and wherein the calculation is done by eliminating the plurality of measured signals from the relaxation time and fitting a predetermined function, through use of a method of least squares, to the remaining unloading-time portions of the plurality of measured signals, and a display unit adapted to display results calculated by said computer. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A living body optical measurement system comprising:
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a plurality of light sources adapted to irradiate a plurality of light rays having wavelengths different from each other on a living body, a detector unit adapted to detect intensities of the light rays after the light rays from said light sources irradiated on the living body, are transmitted through the living body, to obtain a plurality of measured signals, a computer adapted to calculate a signal which corresponds to the fluctuation due to hemodynamic movement in the living body during a relaxation time, wherein the relaxation time is the time during which the plurality of measured signals have time to recover its intact form following the loading time and in which influence by application of the load remains during the unloading time, and wherein the calculation is done by eliminating the plurality of measured signals from the relaxation time and fitting a predetermined function, through use of a method of least squares, to the remaining unloading-time portions of the plurality of measured signals, and a display unit adapted to display results calculated by said computer, wherein said computer is adapted to perform fitting through use of a method of least squares to the measured signal in two unloading times before and after each of the loading time and not including the relaxation time.
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17. A living body optical measurement system comprising:
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a plurality of light sources adapted to irradiate a plurality of light rays having wavelengths different from each other on a living body, a detector unit adapted to detect intensities of the light rays after the light rays from said light sources irradiated on the living body, are transmitted through the living body, to obtain a plurality of measured signals, a computer adapted to calculate a signal which corresponds to the fluctuation due to hemodynamic movement in the living body during a relaxation time, wherein the relaxation time is the time during which the plurality of measured signals have time to recover its intact form following the loading time and in which influence by application of the load remains during the unloading time, and wherein the calculation is done by eliminating the plurality of measured signals from the relaxation time and fitting a predetermined function, through use of a method of least squares, to the remaining unloading-time portions of the plurality of measured signals, and a display unit adapted to display results calculated by said computer, wherein said computer is adapted to perform fitting through use of a method of least squares to the measured signal in a plurality of unloading times, from which the measured signal in the relaxation time is removed.
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