| abstract |
A lymphatic pressure-measuring system (1) for more safely, economically and easily measuring lymphatic pressure, comprising: a manchette (11) attached to a body monitor; a measurement unit (13) for measuring and outputting the pressure at the manchette (11); an infrared camera (21) for detecting fluorescence emitted from a fluorescent dye, which has been preliminarily injected into a lymph vessel, in the body monitor; and an image processor (22) for forming and displaying an image, which indicates the position of the fluorescent dye in the lymph vessel, based on the detection results. The infrared camera (21) repeats the aforesaid detection procedure until the pressure at the manchette (11) is reduced from a first pressure, under which the lymph flow in the body monitor is blocked, to a second pressure under which the lymph begins to flow again. The measurement unit (13) repeats the aforesaid measurement procedure during the aforesaid period. |