Patent ID: 7162292

Claim:
A beam scanning probe system for surgery comprising: image acquiring means for acquiring an image of a lesion to be operated on in the head; a laser beam scanning probe for acquiring optical image information, including a cytological picture, of a specific site of the lesion by confocally scanning light reflected by the specific site; a detection means for detecting the position of an observation point of the laser beam scanning probe relative to the site of the lesion; a recording means for recording, in a paired fashion, two image information: one relating to the cytological picture obtained via the beam scanning probe, and the other to an image of the lesion upon which the information regarding the position of the observation point of the beam scanning probe is superimposed; a transmitting means for transmitting image information and observation point information of the beam scanning probe, determination information of the cytological picture, and instruction information introduced based on the determination information of the cytological picture; a terminal for transmitting/receiving information transmitted by the transmitting means; a determination result feeding means for feeding a determination result of the cytological picture; a determination result displaying means for displaying at least two kinds of determination based on determination results provided by the determination result feeding means; and a superimposing means for superimposing the determination results provided by the determination result displaying means on the image of the lesion, based on the observation point position of the beam scanning probe relative to the site of the lesion.