Patent ID: 6668185
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An endoscope apparatus comprising:a target-subject image obtaining means for projecting an illuminating-light onto a target subject, obtaining an image formed of a reflected-light reflected from the target subject upon the irradiation thereof with the illuminating-light, and forming a target subject image based on said obtained image formed of said reflected-light, a target-subject image display means for displaying a target-subject image formed by said target-subject image obtaining means, and a tomographic image obtaining means for scanning a scanning area within the target subject with a signal-wave and obtaining a tomographic image of the scanned area, further comprising a position specifying means for specifying one or more desired points on a target-subject image displayed on the target-subject image display means, and a scanning-area setting portion for setting a scanning area to be scanned with the signal-wave, based on the point(s) specified by the position specifying means.