OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY OTOSCOPE FOR INTEGRALLY PERFORMING DIAGNOSIS AND DISPLAY CAPABLE OF MONITORING A STATE OF A MIDDLE EAR AND TOMOGRAPHYING AN EARDRUM

摘要

PURPOSE: An optical tomography otoscope for integrally performing diagnosis and display is provided to simplify a disease diagnosis process by tomographying images of a middle ear and an eardrum in a tomography part and displaying the images on an LCD.;CONSTITUTION: An ear specular(112) is installed to a front side of casing(110) and a display(114) is installed to a back side of the casing. An image taking unit takes a photograph of an eardrum image of a patient through the ear specular. A tomography part takes a photograph of the eardrum of the patient and a tomographic image of a middle ear. A display displays an eardrum image and simultaneously displays tomographic images of the middle ear and the eardrum.;COPYRIGHT KIPO 2013;[Reference numerals] (200) Control unit