Patent ID: 6786870
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A device for examining a subject, comprising:an image capture section capable of acquiring an image of a subject; an insertion/retraction member having a desired positional relationship with the image capture section and capable of being freely inserted/retracted with respect to the subject; an image generating section that generates an image comprising an image of the subject acquired by the image capture section and an image of the insertion/retraction member; a boundary position superimposition section that superimposes an insertion/refraction boundary marker indicating the position of an insertion/retraction boundary of the insertion/retraction member in the image generated by the image generating section; and an insertion/retraction direction alteration section that alters the direction of insertion/retraction of the insertion/retraction member, wherein the insertion/retraction boundary marker comprises at least an insertion/retraction direction boundary marker indicating the boundary of the direction of insertion/retraction of the insertion/retraction member.