JP2004113322A - Ophthalmological therapy instrument - Google Patents

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JP2004113322A
JP2004113322A JP2002278393A JP2002278393A JP2004113322A JP 2004113322 A JP2004113322 A JP 2004113322A JP 2002278393 A JP2002278393 A JP 2002278393A JP 2002278393 A JP2002278393 A JP 2002278393A JP 2004113322 A JP2004113322 A JP 2004113322A
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Isao Matsumura
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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ophthalmological therapy instrument that performs an efficient photodynamic treatment, by using a femtosecond pulse infrared laser providing a high photon density with a low average strength. <P>SOLUTION: This ophthalmological therapy instrument has an irradiation means for irradiating the fundus of an eye to be examined with femtosecond pulse infrared laser light and two-photon exciting a photosensitive substance on the fundus of the eye to be examined, an observation means observing a fluorescent fundus image and a near infrared fundus image of the photo sensitive substance excited by the femtosecond pulse infrared laser light, and a means to vary light energy on the eye to be examined. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、組織の蒸散、焼灼、切断といった、従来の外科的療法と異なる新しい療法として、腫瘍集積性が高く、光感受性の高い薬剤とレーザーによる光化学反応によって腫瘍組織を死滅させる治療法(以下PDT)に関するものであり、フェムト秒パルス赤外レーザーを使ってヘマトポルフィリン誘導体等の2光子励起で光線力学的治療を行う眼科用治療装置に関するものである。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
従来、レーザーによる眼科治療では治療部位の光吸収特性を加味したレーザー光が使用されている。しかしながら、治療部位が表層にある場合は適宜最適な波長を選択することが可能である。例えば網膜血管凝固などでは緑色のArレーザーなどが使用されている。
【0003】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
近年高齢化とともに加齢性黄斑変性症の増加と共に脈絡膜血管などの深部の血管に対する凝固必用になってきた。しかしながら深部になるとArレーザーなどの短波長レーザーの浸透は少なくなり、ややもすると必用以上の光エネルギを与えてしまうことになる。
【0004】
本発明の目的は、上述の問題点を解消し、2光子励起光を使用することにより少ない光エネルギで効率の良い治療を行うことのできる眼科用治療装置を提供することにある。
【0005】
【課題を解決するための手段】
上記目的を達成するための本発明に係る眼科用治療装置は、被検眼眼底を照明する手段と、前記被検眼眼底を観察する手段と、前記被検眼眼底をフェムト秒パルス赤外レーザーにより走査照射する照射手段とを有することを特徴とする。
【0006】
また、本発明に係る眼科用治療装置は、被検眼眼底を照明する手段と、前記被検眼眼底に指標を投影するする手段と、前記被検眼眼底を観察する手段と、前記被検眼眼底をフェムト秒パルス赤外レーザーにより走査照射する照射手段とを有し、前記指標と前記フェムト秒パルス赤外レーザーにより走査照射する照射位置を被検眼眼底において合致させる手段を有することを特徴とする。
【0007】
【発明の実施の形態】
本発明を図示の実施の形態に基づいて詳細に説明する。
図1は本発明の第1の実施の形態を示すもので、可視及び近赤外光を含むタングステンランプ1からの光はコンデンサ−レンズ2によってリングスリット3に結像される。リングスリット3を発した光束はコンデンサーレンズ4により可動ハーフミラー5付近に集光しながら透過しレンズ6によって穴明きミラー7に至る。穴明きミラー7を反射した照明光は対物レンズ8により被検眼瞳孔9付近に集光し眼底10面を照明する。
【0008】
眼底10からの光は被検眼瞳孔9を経て対物レンズ8に至り穴明きミラー7の開口部を通過する。開口部を通過した光はフォーカスレンズ11、リレーレンズ12、可視光を透過し近赤外光を反射するダイクロイックミラー13に至るが、可視光は透過後、撮像装置14により撮像され、画像表示手段15に眼底画像16として表示される。一方、近赤外光はダイクロイックミラー13で反射後、撮像装置17により撮像され、画像表示手段18に眼底画像19として表示される。
【0009】
一方、フェムト秒パルス赤外レーザー20からの光はレンズ21でリング状開口絞り22に至る。リング状開口絞り22を出た光はレンズ23で可動ミラー24に、さらにレンズ25で可動ハーフミラー5に至る。ここで可動ミラー24はレーザー光を紙面に沿って走査するもので、可動ハーフミラー5はレーザー光を紙面に垂直方向に走査する。このことは二つの可動ミラーによりレーザービームは光軸と垂直な平面内を走査できることになる。
【0010】
可動ハーフミラー5で反射された光はレンズ6により穴明きミラー7に至り反射され、対物レンズ8を経て被検眼瞳孔9に至り、眼底10面を走査する。
【0011】
ここで、被検者にヘマトポルフィリン誘導体等の、フェムト秒パルス赤外レーザーの波長の略半分の波長で励起される蛍光剤が肘注されている場合は、被検眼脈絡膜に流れる蛍光剤は2光子励起されレーザービームの集光位置近傍で効率よく蛍光を発すると共に、活性化された酸素よる光化学反応によって腫瘍組織を死滅させる。
【0012】
蛍光を発する眼底10上の輝点は被検眼瞳孔9を経て対物レンズ8に至り穴明きミラー7の開口部を通過する。開口部を通過した光はフォーカスレンズ11、リレーレンズ12、ダイクロイックミラー13を透過し、撮像装置14により撮像され、画像表示手段15に眼底画像16上に光線力学的治療点として表示される。
【0013】
次に、光線力学的治療を行うに際しての照準の決め方について述べる。図2は照準板26を示したもので、透明な平板上に照準円31が描かれており、前記照明光学系で被検眼眼底と共役な位置に置かれている。更に、この照準板26は、可動ミラー24及び可動ハーフミラー5の動きと共に位置制御装置28と連結しており、レーザービームの被検眼眼底上での集光位置で恒に合致するようコントロールされている。
【0014】
これにより画像表示手段上の画像を見ながら照準を決め目的とする位置での光線力学的治療が達成される。
【0015】
図3は第2の実施の形態を示しており、ダイクロイックミラーの後方に可視蛍光のみを透過するバンドパスフィルター29及びフェムト秒パルス赤外レーザーの波長近傍の光のみ透過する赤外バンドパスフィルター30が設け、波長を絞り込むことにより限局した画像情報を得るとともに、これらのフィルターを経て得られた眼底像はコンピュータ31に取り込まれた後、同一画像表示手段32において、それぞれの可視および近赤外の眼底像33、34として比較観察しやすく表示される。
【0016】
【発明の効果】
以上説明したように本発明に係る眼科用治療装置は、フェムト秒パルス赤外レーザー光という浸透性の良い赤外光を照射し、患部における励起は光感受性物質の2光子励起という入射波長の略1/2の波長とするので被検体の深部に対して有効であると共に、励起が焦点付近に限局されるので集中的に効率よく処置することができる。
【0017】
また、被検眼の観察を可視光並びに赤外光で同時に観察可能なため患部の詳細な把握ができるという効果を奏する。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】第1の実施の形態における被検眼眼底の観察とフェムト秒パルス赤外レーザー光の照射例である。
【図2】照準板の正面図である。
【図3】第2の実施の形態における近赤外及び可視の眼底像の並列表示例である。
【符号の説明】
15、18 画像表示手段
16、19、33、34 眼底画像
20 フェムト秒パルス赤外レーザー
26 照準板
[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is a new therapy different from the conventional surgical therapy, such as transpiration, cauterization, and cutting of tissue, which is a treatment method that kills tumor tissue by a photochemical reaction with a highly photo-sensitive drug and a laser with high tumor accumulation (hereinafter, referred to as a therapy). More specifically, the present invention relates to an ophthalmic treatment apparatus for performing photodynamic therapy by two-photon excitation of a hematoporphyrin derivative or the like using a femtosecond pulsed infrared laser.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in ophthalmic treatment using a laser, laser light that takes into account the light absorption characteristics of the treatment site has been used. However, when the treatment site is on the surface, it is possible to appropriately select the optimal wavelength. For example, a green Ar laser or the like is used for retinal vascular coagulation or the like.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In recent years, age-related macular degeneration has increased with aging, and coagulation of deep blood vessels such as choroidal blood vessels has become necessary. However, penetration of a short-wavelength laser such as an Ar laser is reduced at a deep portion, and more than necessary light energy is given in some cases.
[0004]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an ophthalmic treatment apparatus which can solve the above-mentioned problems and can perform efficient treatment with less light energy by using two-photon excitation light.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, an ophthalmic treatment apparatus according to the present invention includes a unit for illuminating a fundus of a subject's eye, a unit for observing the fundus of the subject's eye, and scanning irradiation of the fundus of the subject's eye with a femtosecond pulsed infrared laser. Irradiating means.
[0006]
Further, the ophthalmic treatment apparatus according to the present invention includes a unit for illuminating the fundus of the eye to be inspected, a unit for projecting an index on the fundus of the eye to be inspected, a unit for observing the fundus of the eye to be inspected, and An irradiation unit that scans and irradiates with a second-pulse infrared laser; and a unit that matches the irradiation position with which the index is scanned and irradiates with the femtosecond pulse infrared laser in the fundus of the eye to be examined.
[0007]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
The present invention will be described in detail based on the illustrated embodiment.
FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention. Light from a tungsten lamp 1 including visible and near-infrared light is imaged on a ring slit 3 by a condenser lens 2. The light beam emitted from the ring slit 3 is condensed by the condenser lens 4 near the movable half mirror 5 and transmitted therethrough, and reaches the perforated mirror 7 by the lens 6. The illumination light reflected by the perforated mirror 7 is condensed by the objective lens 8 near the pupil 9 of the eye to be examined and illuminates the surface of the fundus 10.
[0008]
Light from the fundus 10 reaches the objective lens 8 through the pupil 9 of the eye to be examined, and passes through the opening of the perforated mirror 7. The light that has passed through the opening reaches a focus lens 11, a relay lens 12, and a dichroic mirror 13 that transmits visible light and reflects near-infrared light. 15 is displayed as a fundus image 16. On the other hand, the near-infrared light is reflected by the dichroic mirror 13 and then imaged by the imaging device 17 and displayed on the image display means 18 as a fundus image 19.
[0009]
On the other hand, light from the femtosecond pulsed infrared laser 20 reaches the ring-shaped aperture stop 22 through the lens 21. The light exiting from the ring-shaped aperture stop 22 reaches the movable mirror 24 via the lens 23, and further reaches the movable half mirror 5 via the lens 25. Here, the movable mirror 24 scans the laser light along the paper surface, and the movable half mirror 5 scans the laser light in a direction perpendicular to the paper surface. This means that the laser beam can scan in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis by the two movable mirrors.
[0010]
The light reflected by the movable half mirror 5 reaches the perforated mirror 7 by the lens 6 and is reflected therefrom. The light reaches the pupil 9 of the subject's eye via the objective lens 8 and scans the fundus 10.
[0011]
Here, when a fluorescent agent such as a hematoporphyrin derivative, which is excited at a wavelength approximately half the wavelength of the femtosecond pulsed infrared laser, is injected into the subject, the fluorescent agent flowing into the choroid of the eye to be examined is 2 Photons are excited to efficiently emit fluorescence in the vicinity of the laser beam condensing position, and the tumor tissue is killed by a photochemical reaction by activated oxygen.
[0012]
The bright spot on the fundus 10 that emits fluorescence reaches the objective lens 8 through the pupil 9 of the eye to be examined and passes through the opening of the perforated mirror 7. The light passing through the opening passes through the focus lens 11, the relay lens 12, and the dichroic mirror 13, is imaged by the imaging device 14, and is displayed on the fundus image 16 on the image display means 15 as a photodynamic treatment point.
[0013]
Next, how to determine the aim when performing photodynamic therapy will be described. FIG. 2 shows an aiming plate 26, in which an aiming circle 31 is drawn on a transparent flat plate, and is placed at a position conjugate with the fundus of the eye to be examined by the illumination optical system. Further, the aiming plate 26 is connected to the position control device 28 together with the movement of the movable mirror 24 and the movable half mirror 5, and is controlled so as to be constantly coincident with the focused position of the laser beam on the fundus of the eye to be examined. I have.
[0014]
Thereby, aiming is determined while viewing the image on the image display means, and photodynamic therapy at the target position is achieved.
[0015]
FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment, in which a band-pass filter 29 that transmits only visible fluorescence and an infrared band-pass filter 30 that transmits only light near the wavelength of a femtosecond pulsed infrared laser are provided behind a dichroic mirror. Is provided to obtain localized image information by narrowing down the wavelength, and the fundus image obtained through these filters is captured by the computer 31, and thereafter, in the same image display means 32, the respective visible and near infrared The fundus images 33 and 34 are displayed for easy comparison and observation.
[0016]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the ophthalmic treatment apparatus according to the present invention emits femtosecond pulsed infrared laser light having good permeability, and excitation at the affected part is substantially equal to the incident wavelength of two-photon excitation of the photosensitizer. Since the wavelength is set to 2, it is effective for the deep part of the subject, and since the excitation is limited to the vicinity of the focal point, the treatment can be intensively and efficiently performed.
[0017]
Further, since the observation of the subject's eye can be performed simultaneously with the visible light and the infrared light, there is an effect that the affected part can be grasped in detail.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an example of observation of a fundus of a subject's eye and irradiation of femtosecond pulsed infrared laser light in a first embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a front view of an aiming plate.
FIG. 3 is an example of parallel display of near-infrared and visible fundus images according to the second embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
15, 18 Image display means 16, 19, 33, 34 Fundus image 20 Femtosecond pulsed infrared laser 26 Aiming plate

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被検眼眼底を照明する手段と、前記被検眼眼底を観察する手段と、前記被検眼眼底をフェムト秒パルス赤外レーザーにより走査照射する照射手段とを有することを特徴とする眼科用治療装置。An ophthalmologic treatment apparatus comprising: means for illuminating the fundus of the eye to be examined; means for observing the fundus of the eye to be examined; and irradiation means for scanning and irradiating the fundus of the eye to be examined with a femtosecond pulsed infrared laser. 前記被検眼眼底を観察する手段は可視光照明画像並びに近赤外光照明画像である請求項1に記載の眼科用治療装置。The ophthalmic treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the means for observing the fundus of the eye to be examined is a visible light illumination image and a near infrared light illumination image. 前記可視光照明画像並びに近赤外光照明画像は同時に同一画像表示手段に表示する請求項2に記載の眼科用治療装置。The ophthalmic treatment apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the visible light illumination image and the near infrared light illumination image are simultaneously displayed on the same image display means. 前記可視光照明画像並びに近赤外光照明画像は特定の波長である請求項2に記載の眼科用治療装置。The ophthalmic treatment apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the visible light illumination image and the near infrared light illumination image have a specific wavelength. 被検眼眼底を照明する手段と、前記被検眼眼底に指標を投影するする手段と、前記被検眼眼底を観察する手段と、前記被検眼眼底をフェムト秒パルス赤外レーザーにより走査照射する照射手段とを有し、前記指標と前記フェムト秒パルス赤外レーザーにより走査照射する照射位置を被検眼眼底において合致させる手段を有することを特徴とする眼科用治療装置。Means for illuminating the fundus of the eye to be examined, means for projecting an index onto the fundus of the eye to be examined, means for observing the fundus of the eye to be examined, and irradiation means for scanning and irradiating the fundus of the eye with a femtosecond pulsed infrared laser An ophthalmologic treatment apparatus, comprising: means for matching the index and the irradiation position for scanning and irradiation with the femtosecond pulsed infrared laser in the fundus of the eye to be examined.
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