Medical Imaging Developed by Academia-Industry Collaboration in Hamamatsu, Japan Susumu TERAKAWA Hamamatsu Univ. Sch. Med.
Fiber-Coupled Confocal Microscope for Living Animals
Tumor and Neurons in Living Animals  
Tumor cells under the skin Neurons in the brain Fiber inserted in the tumor under skin
Yokogawa Electric Co.
Ultra High NA Objective Lens NA=1.65 Terakawa and Abe (1994)
d ∝λ/NA
NA=n×sinα α
Olympus
Aurora
Single Molecule Visualization with High NA Lens Effect of a restriction enzyme on DNA strand
Phage DNA
Endoscope 技術 が必要 Fujinon Co.
Distance measurement with laser beams allows a real-time scale display in the endoscope monitor.
Real-time Scale Display
emote Scope for Medical Diagnosis Diagnosis using camera and robot
Echo probe on the patient
Echogram examined by the doctor
Hamamatsu Photonics
Surgical Navigator with Optical Scanner Scanner
For navigation
S. YAMAMOTO Photon Med Res Ctr, Hamamatsu Univ Sch Med
For operatio n seijiy@hama-med.ac.jp
Foot switch Nagashima Medical Instruments Co.,
High Fidelity Color Image System New image system for accurate color acquisition, print and display was developed for telemedicine.
Y. SHIMODAIRA, Shizuoka Univ. Wide Range High-fidelity Color Camera.
High-fidelity Color Inkjet Printer
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CMOS Image Sensor
S. KAWAHITO Shizuoka University
CMOS camera with a wide dynamic range (DR=160 dB) was developed, and a time of flight (TOF) detector was made for 2D mapping.
Wide DR Camera
TOF Camera
Tunnel and Landscape
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Usual Image
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