Patent ID: 6947779
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An optical measurement device which optically measures a measurement object substance within a measurement region of a subject, comprising: illuminating means for sending out a light to illuminate the subject; detecting means for detecting at least one reflected or scattered light from the illuminated subject; determining means for determining at least one measurement amount or measurement amount variation of the measurement object substance at a measurement position according to a detection value detected at a detection position by the detecting means; displaying means for displaying on a first image screen a mapping image formed by connecting points with an equal measurement amount or measurement amount variation as determined by the determining means; and designating means for designating at least one position on the mapping image or in the measurement region of the subject so as to visually output m a second image or audibly output a numerical value of the measurement amount or the measurement amount variation of the measurement object substance at the position designated.