| abstract |
An imaging system for acquiring NIR images and full color images is provided. An imaging system for acquiring NIR and full-color images includes a light source that provides visible and NIR light to an area under observation, such as an ecological tissue, and a blue reflection returned from the area under observation. One or more image sensors configured to separately detect light, green reflected light, and combined red reflected light / detected NIR light. The controller that communicates with the light source and the camera by signal controls the light source and uses the continuous blue / green illumination light in time and the red illumination light and the NIR excitation light to continue the region under observation. Configured to irradiate automatically. At least one of the red illumination light and the NIR excitation light is periodically switched on and off in synchronization with the acquisition of the red light image and the NIR light image in the camera. [Selection] Figure 1 |