FLUORESCENCE OBSERVATION APPARATUS

摘要

A fluorescence observation apparatus including a light source configured to irradiate an object with white light and excitation light; and a processor comprising hardware, wherein the processor is configured to implement: a fluorescence-image generating unit and a white-light-image generating unit configured to generate a fluorescence image G2 and a color white-light image, respectively; a condition setting unit configured to set weights individually for multiple color component images constituting the white-light image; and a combining unit configured to combine at least one color component image to which the fluorescence image has been added and the other color component images while applying the weights, and the condition setting unit configured to set the weights based on the color component images such that the weight for the color component image to which the fluorescence image is added is greater than the weights for the other color component images.

主权项

1. A fluorescence observation apparatus comprising:
a light source configured to irradiate an object with white light and excitation light; and a processor comprising hardware, wherein the processor is configured to implement:
a fluorescence-image generating unit configured to generate a fluorescence image based on captured fluorescence generated at the object due to irradiation with the excitation light from the light source;a white-light-image generating unit configured to generate a color white-light image based on captured return light returned from the object due to irradiation with the white light from the light source;a condition setting unit configured to set weights individually for multiple color component images constituting the white-light image; anda combining unit configured to add the fluorescence image to at least one of the multiple color component images and combine the color component image to which the fluorescence image has been added and the other color component images while applying the weights that have been set by the condition setting unit,wherein the condition setting unit configured to set the weights based on the color component images of the white-light image and set the weights for the multiple color component images such that the weight for the color component image to which the fluorescence image is added is greater than the weights for the other color component images.