Abstract: To improve visual recognition of a medical practitioner on information displayed on a screen under a shadowless lamp. There is provided an information processing device including: an information acquisition unit that acquires information from an information providing device that provides the information related to quantitative numerical values to be grasped by a medical practitioner involved with a medical practice; an image data generation unit that generates image data related to the acquired information; and a control unit that controls an installation position of a light source irradiating drawing light having illuminance visually recognizable under a shadowless lamp or an operation state of an optical system that scans an irradiation position of the drawing light so as to draw the image data.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an information acquisition unit that acquires information from an information providing device that provides the information related to quantitative numerical values to be grasped by the medical practitioner involved with a medical practice, an image data generation unit that generates image data related to the acquired information, and a control unit that controls an installation position of a light source irradiating drawing light having illuminance visually recognizable under a shadowless lamp or an operation state of an optical system that scans an irradiation position of the drawing light so as to draw the image data.

Abstract: [Object] An observation device according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an emission unit, an imaging unit, a polarization control unit, and a calculation unit. The emission unit sequentially emits a plurality of polarization light beams of mutually different polarization directions to a biological tissue. The imaging unit includes a plurality of pixels capable of outputting pixel signals respectively. The polarization control unit considers a predetermined number of pixels of the plurality of pixels as one group and causes mutually different polarization components of reflection light beams reflected by the biological tissue to be respectively incident upon respective ones of the predetermined number of pixels included in the one group. The calculation unit calculates biological tissue information regarding the biological tissue on the basis of the pixel signals output from the respective ones of the predetermined number of pixels.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit, a cutting-out unit, and a display controller. The storage unit is configured to store an image of fluorescence emitted from an observation target area of a living body in a recording medium as a fluorescence image of the observation target area, the image of fluorescence being captured with a first definition, the image of fluorescence being obtained by applying excitation light to the observation target area to which a fluorescent reagent is added in advance. The cutting-out unit is configured to cause a user to select at least a partial area of the fluorescence image and to cut out the selected area as a fluorescence image of a ROI area. The display controller is configured to cause a display unit to display the fluorescence image of a ROI area with a second definition that is lower than the first definition.

Abstract: [Object] An observation device according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an emission unit, an imaging unit, a polarization control unit, and a calculation unit. The emission unit sequentially emits a plurality of polarization light beams of mutually different polarization directions to a biological tissue. The imaging unit includes a plurality of pixels capable of outputting pixel signals respectively. The polarization control unit considers a predetermined number of pixels of the plurality of pixels as one group and causes mutually different polarization components of reflection light beams reflected by the biological tissue to be respectively incident upon respective ones of the predetermined number of pixels included in the one group. The calculation unit calculates biological tissue information regarding the biological tissue on the basis of the pixel signals output from the respective ones of the predetermined number of pixels.

Abstract: A microscope system includes a microscope apparatus including a stage on which a sample is placed and an objective lens that collects laser light to the sample on the stage, a light source unit including a light source that emits the laser light, a scanning mechanism configured to guide the laser light from the light source unit and change a direction of the guided laser light to scan the sample on the stage, a photodetector configured to guide returned light from the objective lens of the microscope apparatus and convert the guided light into an electrical signal, a controller configured to control at least the scanning mechanism and generate image data from the electrical signal output from the photodetector, and a computer connected to the controller through a bus interface and configured to process the image data transferred from the controller through the bus interface.

Abstract: [Object] There is provided .a medical laser irradiation device and a medical laser irradiation method, both of which are capable removing plaque adhering to the angioendothelium more safely using laser light. [Solution] A medical laser irradiation device according to the present disclosure includes a first laser light source configured to emit a first laser light having a wavelength band that is selectively absorbed by plaque existing inside a blood vessel of a living body; a second laser light source configured to emit a second laser light having a wavelength band that is selectively absorbed by the plaque calcified and existing inside the blood vessel; and an optical fiber configured to coaxially guide the first laser light and the second laser light, and at least a part of which is inserted into the blood vessel.

Abstract: [Object] To propose an information processing device, an image acquisition system, an information processing method, an image information acquisition method, and a program which enable a position of a surface of a measurement subject to be more simply specified.

Abstract: An imaging device according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a first polarization section, a second polarization section, a rotation control section, and a generation section. The first polarization section irradiates a body tissue with polarization light of a first polarization direction. The second polarization section extracts a polarization component of a second polarization direction that intersects with the first polarization direction, from beams of reflection light that are the polarization light reflected by the body tissue. The rotation control section that rotates each of the first polarization direction and the second polarization direction while maintaining an intersection angle between the first polarization direction and the second polarization direction.

Abstract: To improve visual recognition of a medical practitioner on information displayed on a screen under a shadowless lamp. There is provided an information processing device including: an information acquisition unit that acquires information from an information providing device that provides the information related to quantitative numerical values to be grasped by a medical practitioner involved with a medical practice; an image data generation unit that generates image data related to the acquired information; and a control unit that controls an installation position of a light source irradiating drawing light having illuminance visually recognizable under a shadowless lamp or an operation state of an optical system that scans an irradiation position of the drawing light so as to draw the image data.

Abstract: A microscope system includes a microscope apparatus including a stage on which a sample is placed and an objective lens that collects laser light to the sample on the stage, a light source unit including a light source that emits the laser light, a scanning mechanism configured to guide the laser light from the light source unit and change a direction of the guided laser light to scan the sample on the stage, a photodetector configured to guide returned light from the objective lens of the microscope apparatus and convert the guided light into an electrical signal, a controller configured to control at least the scanning mechanism and generate image data from the electrical signal output from the photodetector, and a computer connected to the controller through a bus interface and configured to process the image data transferred from the controller through the bus interface.

Abstract: A microscope system includes a microscope apparatus including a stage on which a sample is placed and an objective lens that collects laser light to the sample on the stage, a light source unit including a light source that emits the laser light, a scanning mechanism configured to guide the laser light from the light source unit and change a direction of the guided laser light to scan the sample on the stage, a photodetector configured to guide returned light from the objective lens of the microscope apparatus and convert the guided light into an electrical signal, a controller configured to control at least the scanning mechanism and generate image data from the electrical signal output from the photodetector, and a computer connected to the controller through a bus interface and configured to process the image data transferred from the controller through the bus interface.

Abstract: [Object] To propose an information processing device, an image acquisition system, an information processing method, an image information acquisition method, and a program which enable a position of a surface of a measurement subject to be more simply specified.

Abstract: A fine particle detection device according to the present disclosure includes: a first irradiation portion configured to radiate excitation light to a flow passage in which a fine particle flows to excite fluorescent light from the fine particle; a first separation portion configured to separate the excitation light and the fluorescent light from light that has been radiated to the flow passage by the first irradiation portion; a first detection portion configured to detect the fluorescent light separated by the first separation portion; a second irradiation portion configured to radiate the excitation light separated by the first separation portion to the flow passage to excite the fluorescent light from the fine particle; a second separation portion configured to separate the excitation light and the fluorescent light from light that has been radiated to the flow passage by the second irradiation portion; and a second detection portion configured to detect the fluorescent light separated by the second separ

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit, a cutting-out unit, and a display controller. The storage unit is configured to store an image of fluorescence emitted from an observation target area of a living body in a recording medium as a fluorescence image of the observation target area, the image of fluorescence being captured with a first definition, the image of fluorescence being obtained by applying excitation light to the observation target area to which a fluorescent reagent is added in advance. The cutting-out unit is configured to cause a user to select at least a partial area of the fluorescence image and to cut out the selected area as a fluorescence image of a ROI area. The display controller is configured to cause a display unit to display the fluorescence image of a ROI area with a second definition that is lower than the first definition.

Abstract: A communication device is disclosed herein. In an example embodiment, a communication device includes an aperture section configured to attach to a protruding section of another communication device magnetically, and a first wireless communicator configured to wirelessly communicate with a second wireless communicator of the another communication device at a frequency associated with a millimeter-wave band, the first wireless communicator including at least one transmitting coupler, wherein the at least one transmitting coupler converts a wired signal to a radio signal.

Abstract: [Object] To propose an information processing device, an image acquisition system, an information processing method, an image information acquisition method, and a program which enable a position of a surface of a measurement subject to be more simply specified.

Abstract: A medical imaging system (10) including an optical branching device (101) having a plurality of optical paths for guiding light for imaging a target comprising a biotissue, each of the optical paths corresponding to an optical port connectable to an external device for imaging, wherein at least one path of the plurality of optical paths is configured both to guide the irradiation light to the biotissue and to guide light from the biotissue, and wherein the optical branching device includes a plurality of prisms and at least one joint surface.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit, a cutting-out unit, and a display controller. The storage unit is configured to store an image of fluorescence emitted from an observation target area of a living body in a recording medium as a fluorescence image of the observation target area, the image of fluorescence being captured with a first definition, the image of fluorescence being obtained by applying excitation light to the observation target area to which a fluorescent reagent is added in advance. The cutting-out unit is configured to cause a user to select at least a partial area of the fluorescence image and to cut out the selected area as a fluorescence image of a ROI area. The display controller is configured to cause a display unit to display the fluorescence image of a ROI area with a second definition that is lower than the first definition.

Abstract: A distance measurement device according to the present disclosure includes: a light source configured to emit pulsed laser light; a superimposition portion configured to superimpose reflection light obtained by reflection of the pulsed laser light by an object to be measured and reference light that is the pulsed laser light; a saturation output portion, on which the reference light and the reflection light superimposed on each other are made incident, configured to output light having a saturated light quantity when incident light reaches a predetermined light quantity due to superimposition of pulses of the reflection light and the reference light; and a light-receiving portion configured to receive the light outputted from the saturation output portion.