| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endoscope apparatus in which a palpation to a specified site in a body cavity is performed, and based on this result, an illumination is automatically changed to such an illumination light that can observe the condition of the affected part in more detail to support a diagnosis by the endoscope. <P>SOLUTION: The endoscope apparatus 100 irradiates an illuminative light from the tip of an endoscope inserting part 19 and takes an image of an object to be observed by an photographing element 21 to acquire image taking information. The endoscope apparatus 100 includes: a light source part 45 for selectively emitting a white light, and a special light with a spectrum different from the white light; a pressing member 41 projecting a contactor 75 formed on one end from the tip of the endoscope inserting part 19 and pressing the same on the surface of a living body of the object to be observed; a characteristic quantity detecting part 67 for detecting the characteristic quantity of the surface of the living body from the image taking information which is photographed by pressing the contactor 75 of the pressing member 41 on the surface of the living body; and an observing mode switching part for switching to either an ordinary observation mode or a special light observation mode in accordance with the detected characteristic quantity. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
