REFLECTION DETECTION TYPE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS FOR SKIN AUTOFLUORESCENCE

• US 20150201840A1
• Filed: 04/01/2015
• Published: 07/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute
• Inventors: Kang, Uk, Papayan, Garry V.
• Application Number:
  US14/676,802
• Publication Number:
  US 20150201840A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0071 by measuring fluorescence emission
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/441 Skin evaluation, e.g. for skin disorder diagnosis

Abstract

Provided is a reflection detection type measurement apparatus for skin fluorescence. The apparatus includes: a first light source irradiating excitation light on a measurement target; a second light source irradiating light of a wavelength different from that of light from the first light source on the measurement target; a first optical detector detecting a reflected light generated from the measurement target due to the excitation light of the first light source; and a second optical detector detecting a skin fluorescence generated from the measurement target due to the excitation light of the first light source, and detecting a reflected light generated from the measurement target due to the excitation light of the second light source. The first optical detector is disposed in an area other than a total reflection area to which the excitation light of the first light source is reflected after irradiating to the measurement target.

Claims

1. A reflection detection type measurement apparatus for skin fluorescence, the apparatus comprising:

a first light source irradiating excitation light on a measurement target;

a second light source irradiating light of a wavelength different from that of light from the first light source on the measurement target;

a first optical detector detecting a reflected light generated from the measurement target due to the excitation light of the first light source; and

a second optical detector detecting a skin fluorescence generated from the measurement target due to the excitation light of the first light source, and detecting a reflected light generated from the measurement target due to the excitation light of the second light source;

wherein the first optical detector is disposed in an area other than a total reflection area to which the excitation light of the first light source is reflected after irradiating to the measurement target, and the second optical detector is disposed in an area other than a total reflection area to which the excitation light of the first light source and the light of the second light source are reflected after irradiating to the measurement target.

2. The reflection detection type measurement apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first light source and the second light source irradiate light to the same area of the measurement target, and the first optical detector and the second optical detector are disposed to detect light generated from the same area of the measurement target.

3. The reflection detection type measurement apparatus of claim 1, wherein the light of the second light source is light with a wavelength range of skin fluorescence generated from the measurement target due to the excitation light of the first light source.

4. The reflection detection type measurement apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first light source irradiates light with a wavelength of 370±

20 nm.

5. The reflection detection type measurement apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second light source irradiates light with a wavelength of 440±

20 nm.

6. The reflection detection type measurement apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first light source and the light of the second light source irradiate light to the measurement target in a different time.

7. A reflection detection type measurement apparatus for skin fluorescence, the apparatus comprising:

a first light source;

a second light source irradiating light of a wavelength different from that of light from the first light source;

a first optical detector detecting a reflected light generated after the light from the first light source is irradiated on a measurement target;

a second optical detector detecting a skin fluorescence generated after the light from the first light source is irradiated on the measurement target, and detecting a reflected light generated from the measurement target due to the light of the second light source; and

a holder to which the first light source, the second light source, the first optical detector, and the second optical detector are inserted to be disposed to face the same area of the measurement target.

8. The reflection detection type measurement apparatus of claim 7, wherein the holder comprises an inclination part having a through-hole to accept the first light source, the second light source, the first optical detector, and the second optical detector and a bottom part extended to the inclination part to have an opening.

9. The reflection detection type measurement apparatus of claim 8, wherein a stepped part to store optical component is formed in the inside of the through-hole of the inclination part.

10. The reflection detection type measurement apparatus of claim 8, wherein the holder has a pyramidal shape.

11. The reflection detection type measurement apparatus of claim 7, further comprising a holder to which the first light source, the second light source, the first optical detector, and the second optical detector are inserted,

wherein the first light source and the second light source are disposed to face each other based on a center axis of the holder, and the first optical detector and the second optical detector are disposed to face each other based on the center axis of the holder.

12. A reflection detection type measurement apparatus for skin fluorescence, the apparatus comprising:

a first light source irradiating excitation light on a measurement target;

a second light source irradiating light of a wavelength different from that of light from the first light source on the measurement target;

a first optical detector detecting a reflected light generated from the measurement target due to the excitation light of the first light source; and

a second optical detector detecting a skin fluorescence generated from the measurement target due to the excitation light of the first light source, and detecting a reflected light generated from the measurement target due to the excitation light of the second light source;

a light source switching controller controlling a turned on/off of the first light source and the second light source; and

a calculation unit calculating a skin fluorescence signal by correcting a skin fluorescence detected from the first optical detector and the second optical detector and a signal according to a reflected light.

13. The reflection detection type measurement apparatus of claim 12, wherein the light source switching controller controlling a switching of the first light source and the second light source so that the first light source and the second light source are maintained to be turned on in a different time.

14. The reflection detection type measurement apparatus of claim 12, wherein the first optical detector is turned on to detect reflected light for light irradiated from the first light source for a first time, and the second optical detector is turned on to detect a reflected light for light irradiated from the second light source for a second time after the first time and a skin fluorescence due to the light irradiated from the first light source for the first time.

15. The reflection detection type measurement apparatus of claim 12, further comprising an optical prism to transmit the light irradiated from the first light source and the second light source to the measurement target, and transmit the skin fluorescence and the reflected light to an optical detector unit,

wherein the optical prism comprises a bottom part connected to the measurement target and an upper part in which the first light source, the second light source, the first optical detector, and the second optical detector are mounted.

16. The reflection detection type measurement apparatus of claim 15, wherein the upper part has a first inclination surface and a second inclination surface, and the first inclination surface and the second inclination surface are symmetrical to each other base on a center axis of the optical prism.

17. The reflection detection type measurement apparatus of claim 15, wherein the first light source or the second light source is mounted on a first inclination surface of the optical prism, and the first optical detector or the second optical detector is mounted on a second inclination surface of the optical prism.

18. The reflection detection type measurement apparatus of claim 17, wherein the first light source and the first optical detector, and the second light source and the second optical detector are all obliquely disposed at an angle of 45 degrees based on a center axis of the optical prism.

19. The reflection detection type measurement apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a holder to which the first light source, the second light source, the first optical detector, and the second optical detector are inserted,

wherein the holder comprises an inclination part having a through-hole to accept the first light source, the second light source, the first optical detector, and the second optical detector and a bottom part extended to the inclination part to have an opening.

20. The reflection detection type measurement apparatus of claim 19, wherein the first light source, the second light source, the first optical detector, and the second optical detector are disposed in the holder to face the same area of the measurement target.