Fluorescent image acquisition and projection apparatus for real-time visualization of invisible fluorescent signal

Abstract

A fluorescent image acquisition and projection method includes the steps of generating, by a plurality of light sources, invisible fluorescence under control of a control device and obtaining, by a detection unit, a signal of an invisible fluorescent image from a target object. The method further includes the steps of receiving from the detection unit and processing the invisible fluorescent image signal of the target object into a visible fluorescent signal, transmitting the visible fluorescent signal to a projector unit, and projecting, by the projector unit, the visible fluorescent signal onto the target object.

1 . A fluorescent image acquisition and projection method, comprising:
 an invisible light generation step of generating, by a plurality of light sources, invisible fluorescence under control of a control device;   an invisible fluorescent image signal acquisition step of obtaining, by a detection unit, a signal of an invisible fluorescent image from a target object following the invisible light generation step;   an image signal processing step of receiving from the detection unit and processing by the control device the invisible fluorescent image signal of the target object into a visible fluorescent signal, and transmitting, by the control device, the visible fluorescent signal to a projector unit; and   a visible fluorescent signal projection step of projecting, by the projector unit, the visible fluorescent signal onto the target object.   
     
     
         2 . The fluorescent image acquisition and projection method of  claim 1 , wherein the image signal processing step comprises:
 determining color information of the target object;   extracting color information corresponding to the color information of the target object from a color information table stored in a memory;   converting image information acquired from the target object into the color information corresponding to the target object; and   transmitting the converted image information to a projector.