Patents Assigned to National Applied Research Laboratories Instrument Technology Research Center
  • Publication number: 20130053699
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing photodynamic diagnosis and photodynamic therapy on a target region that is pre-given with a photosensitizer precursor includes a display unit, an excitation light source operable to irradiate the target region with exciting light so as to excite emission of fluorescence from the target region as a result of fluorescence response of the photosensitizer precursor, an image capturing unit operable to capture a white light image and a fluorescent image of the target region, an image processing unit operable to superimpose the white light image and the fluorescent image into a synthesized image and to provide at least one of the white light image, the fluorescent image and the synthesized image thereto for display on the display unit, and a curing light source operable to irradiate a specified portion of the target region with curing light for treating the specified portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicants: National Applied Research Laboratories Instrument Technology Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University
    Inventors: Wen-Hong Wu, Chung-Hsing Chang, Han-Chao Chang, Chun-Li Chang, Kuo-Cheng Huang, Din-Ping Tsai, Hsin-Su Yu