JP6186663B2 - Fingertip blood vessel observation method, observation apparatus, observation server, observation system, and observation program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a fingertip blood vessel observation method, an observation device, an observation server, an observation system, and an observation program that classify fingertip blood vessel image evaluation methods and perform an image determination method.

In recent years, the disease of blood vessels such as arteriosclerosis called silent killer has been increasing year by year, and when expanding to circulatory system diseases, heart disease such as cancer that is the number one cause of death, number two myocardial infarction, The third largest cerebrovascular disorder is a cardiovascular disease. Of the 900,000 deaths every year, about 600,000 people die from these three lifestyle-related diseases and are increasing year by year.
In order to prevent such diseases, it is necessary not only to be examined at the hospital but also to have a strong awareness of health in daily life. Capillary images of fingertips are taken to determine the health status. This method is attracting attention because it is non-invasive and free of exposure.

Under such circumstances, conventionally, a diagnostic information acquisition system that can easily acquire diagnostic information is known (see Patent Document 1).
This is a diagnostic information acquisition system for acquiring diagnostic information relating to blood flowing in a capillary, and an imaging device that images a distribution site in which the capillary is distributed, and a captured image of the capillary that is captured by the imaging means. An analysis device for analyzing, and the analysis device includes a measurement site setting unit that sets at least one measurement site on one capillary in the captured image, a color tone acquisition unit that acquires a color tone at the selected measurement site, A diagnostic information acquisition unit is provided for acquiring diagnostic information based on the acquired color tone with time. Then, obtain the color tone of the capillaries in the nail epithelium of the finger and information on its change over time, and diagnose the risk of developing diseases of lifestyle-related diseases such as diabetes, myocardial infarction and angina from the obtained information It is.
However, the diagnostic information acquisition system disclosed in Patent Document 1 acquires a blood flow velocity value based on a change in color tone at a measurement site, and manages and manages the health state of a subject from the shape pattern of a capillary vessel. In particular, it does not determine whether or not there is a subpapillary vascular plexus that runs in a transverse direction across the longitudinal direction (longitudinal direction) of a finger in a capillary blood vessel image.

In addition, as a device for observing a capillary image of a fingertip, there is a capillary blood flow observation device that can easily zoom up without defocusing even if the magnification is changed by the magnification adjustment unit. It is known (see Patent Document 2).
This includes at least an illuminating unit that illuminates a fingertip with light and an optical processing imaging unit that magnifies and captures the fingertip, and the optical processing imaging unit includes a lens barrel and an objective lens provided at a lower end of the lens barrel. It is composed of a magnification adjusting unit and a photographing unit having a CCD provided at the upper end of the lens barrel, and an interval adjusting mechanism for adjusting the distance between the photographing unit and the lens barrel is provided. is there. The capillary blood flow observation device disclosed in Patent Document 2 can easily zoom up without defocusing even if the magnification is changed by the interval adjustment mechanism, and can clearly acquire an image of the shape pattern of the capillary blood vessel. Although there is no mechanism for analyzing the obtained capillary image.

  FIG. 12 shows a perspective view of the capillary blood flow observation device of Patent Document 2. The apparatus 1 includes an illumination unit 302 and an optical processing photographing unit 303. The illumination unit 302 illuminates the fingertip with light. The optical processing photographing unit 303 shoots an enlarged fingertip. The captured video is displayed on a display (not shown). The optical processing photographing unit 303 is supported by a support arm 305 on a vertical pole 342 erected on a substrate 341. The illumination unit 302 is mounted on the substrate 341 by the mounting arm 306. The optical processing photographing unit 303 includes a lens barrel 331 having a hollow inside, a magnification adjusting unit 332 having an objective lens (not shown), and a photographing unit 333 having a CCD. Furthermore, the apparatus of the present invention further includes an interval adjusting mechanism 307 that adjusts the interval between the lens barrel 331 and the imaging unit 333 in the optical processing imaging unit 303. When using the apparatus, the fingertip of the person to be observed is placed on the finger fixing unit 309 for use.

JP 2008-302136 A JP 2005-261494 A

  In view of the above, the present invention relates to a capillary image obtained by enlarging and photographing the blood vessels of the nail epithelium of the fingertip, and an observation method capable of determining the presence or absence of a subpapillary vascular plexus and determining the degree of turbidity of a body fluid in the capillary image And an apparatus.

  That is, in order to solve the above-described problem, the fingertip blood vessel observation method of the present invention is a method for observing a capillary image obtained by enlarging and photographing the capillaries of the nail epithelium of the fingertip, in the longitudinal direction (vertical direction) of the finger in the capillary image. To determine if there is a subpapillary vascular plexus running transversely across the. Health status is assessed by determining the presence or absence of subpapillary vascular plexus running transversely across. Specifically, when the subpapillary vascular plexus running in the transverse direction is seen, stress or a burden on the heart is inferred. Here, the image used for observation may be a color image or a monochrome image.

  The fingertip blood vessel observation method of the present invention preferably further determines the degree of turbidity of the body fluid in the capillary blood vessel image. The health condition is evaluated by determining the degree of turbidity of the body fluid. Specifically, when sub-papillary vascular plexus running in the transverse direction is observed, poor metabolism or lack of exercise is presumed.

  In the fingertip blood vessel observation method of the present invention, it is preferable to further determine the degree of bending of the tip of the blood vessel running in the longitudinal direction of the finger in the capillary blood vessel image. The health state is evaluated by determining the degree of bending of the tip of the blood vessel. Specifically, it is presumed that the lifestyle is disturbed mainly as a cause of the twist.

  The fingertip blood vessel observation device of the present invention is a capillary blood vessel image observation device in which the capillaries of the fingernail nail epithelium are enlarged and photographed, and the subpapillary blood vessels running in the transverse direction across the longitudinal direction (vertical direction) of the finger in the capillary blood vessel image. This is to determine the presence or absence of flora. Here, it is preferable that the fingertip blood vessel observation device of the present invention further includes means for determining the degree of turbidity of the body fluid in the capillary blood vessel image. The fingertip blood vessel observation device of the present invention preferably further includes means for determining the degree of bending of the tip of the blood vessel running in the longitudinal direction of the finger in the capillary blood vessel image.

  The fingertip blood vessel observation server of the present invention is a fingertip blood vessel observation server connected via a network to an observation device that enlarges the capillaries of the fingertip nail epithelium and captures a capillary blood vessel image. An image acquisition means for acquiring, a presence / absence determining means for determining presence / absence of a subpapillary vascular plexus running in a transverse direction across the longitudinal direction (longitudinal direction) of the finger in the acquired capillary image, and a degree of turbidity of body fluid in the capillary image The turbidity degree determination means for determining, the evaluation means for evaluating the health condition based on the determination result of the presence / absence determination means and the determination result of the turbidity degree determination means, and data transmission for transmitting the evaluation result of the evaluation means to the designated client terminal Means are provided.

The program of the present invention is a fingertip blood vessel observation computer connected to an observation device for enlarging capillaries of the fingertip nail epithelium and taking a capillary image via a communication cable, or connected to the observation device via a network. This is a program mounted on the fingertip blood vessel observation server computer for causing the computer to function as the following 1) to 5).
1) Image acquisition means for acquiring a capillary image from the observation device 2) Presence / absence determination means for determining the presence or absence of a subpapillary vascular plexus running in the transverse direction across the longitudinal direction (longitudinal direction) of the finger in the acquired capillary image 3) Turbidity degree judging means 4 for judging the degree of turbidity of body fluid in a capillary image 4) Evaluation means 5 for evaluating the health condition based on the judgment result of the presence / absence judging means and the judgment result of the turbidity degree judging means 5) The evaluation result of the evaluating means Data sending means to send to specified client terminal

The system of the present invention is a system composed of an observation client that enlarges a blood vessel of a nail epithelium at a fingertip and captures a capillary image, and an observation server that is connected via a network. Consists of.
The observation client displays observation means for enlarging the blood vessels of the nail epithelium at the fingertip and capturing a capillary image, image data transmission means for transmitting the captured capillary image to the observation server, and evaluation data received from the observation server Display means are provided.
On the other hand, the observation server determines whether or not there is an image acquisition unit that acquires a capillary image from the observation client, and whether or not there is a subpapillary vascular plexus that runs in a transverse direction across the longitudinal direction (vertical direction) of the finger in the acquired capillary image A determination means, a turbidity degree determination means for determining the degree of turbidity of a body fluid in a capillary image, an evaluation means for evaluating a health condition based on the determination result of the presence / absence determination means and the determination result of the turbidity degree determination means, and evaluation Data transmission means for transmitting the evaluation result of the means to the designated observation client terminal is provided.

  According to the present invention, a capillary image obtained by enlarging and photographing the capillaries of the nail epithelium of the fingertip is determined by determining the presence or absence of a subpapillary vascular plexus that runs in the transverse direction across the longitudinal direction (vertical direction) of the finger. There is an effect that the state can be evaluated.

Schematic diagram of the fingertip portion of the left ring finger performing the fingertip blood vessel observation of the first embodiment Use image diagram of fingertip blood vessel observation device of embodiment 1 Normal fingertip blood vessel image The image image | photographed with the fingertip blood vessel observation apparatus in Example 1 is shown, and the case where there exists a subpapillary vascular plexus which runs in the horizontal direction crossing the longitudinal direction (longitudinal direction) of a finger about the shape is shown. The image image | photographed with the fingertip blood-vessel observation apparatus in Example 1 is shown, and the case where there exists turbidity of a bodily fluid is shown about a shape. The image image | photographed with the fingertip blood vessel observation apparatus in Example 1 is shown, and the case where there exists a twist in the front-end | tip part of the blood vessel which runs in the longitudinal direction of a finger about the shape is shown. System configuration diagram of fingertip blood vessel observation system of Example 2 Process flow diagram of fingertip blood vessel observation system of embodiment 2 Functional block diagram of the observation server of the second embodiment Hardware configuration diagram of computer and fingertip blood vessel observation device main body of Example 1 Hardware configuration diagram of the observation client and the observation server of the second embodiment Perspective view of capillary blood flow observation device of Patent Document 2

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The scope of the present invention is not limited to the following examples and illustrated examples, and many changes and modifications can be made.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a fingertip portion of a left-handed ring finger that performs fingertip blood vessel observation. As shown in FIG. 1, in fingertip blood vessel observation, the nail epithelium 8 of the left hand ring finger 4, specifically, a position slightly below the boundary between the nail and the skin is observed. This is because fingertip blood vessel observation is basically possible for all ten fingers, but the left-handed ring finger is most suitable for observing not only the vascular endothelial cell image but also the arteriovenous network in the wide base.
The image of the vascular endothelial cell 3 observed in FIG. 1 is drawn. When a capillary blood vessel image is taken, a clear image is obtained by applying a dedicated vegetable oil to the nail epithelium 8.

  FIG. 2 shows a usage image diagram of the fingertip blood vessel observation device of the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the fingertip of the left-handed ring finger is observed with a camera using the fingertip blood vessel observation device 1, and an enlarged image of the nail epithelium 8 coated with vegetable oil is acquired. Here, the fingertip blood vessel observation device 1 includes a device main body 2 having a camera unit 5, a computer 6, and a data communication cable 7, and the device main body 2 and the computer 6 are connected by a data communication cable 7. The subject takes a picture by inserting the oiled left hand ring finger 4 under the camera unit 5. The apparatus main body 2 is an apparatus that can capture a color image, and an image captured by the camera unit 5 is sent to a computer 6 via a data communication cable 7.

  The hardware configuration of the computer 6 and the fingertip blood vessel observation device body 2 is shown in FIG. The computer 6 includes a CPU 24, a memory 25, a hard disk 26, a keyboard 27, a mouse 21, a display 29, an optical drive 22, and a data communication unit 28. The CPU 24 performs processing based on other applications such as an operating system (OS) and a client program recorded on the hard disk 26. The memory 25 provides a work area for the CPU 24. The hard disk 26 records and holds other applications such as an operating system (OS) and client programs. The keyboard 27 and the mouse 21 accept external commands. The display 29 displays an image such as a user interface. The optical drive 22 reads an application processing program from the optical medium 23 in which the data communication client program is recorded, reads other application programs from other optical media, and the like. Read. The apparatus main body 2 includes a data communication unit 20 and a camera 5, and data acquired by the camera 5 is transmitted to the computer 6 via the data communication cable 7 by the data communication unit 20. The data communication unit 28 receives data from the apparatus main body 2 via the data communication cable 7.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of a fingertip blood vessel image in a normal state. As shown in FIGS. 3 (1) and (2), in the case of normal vascular endothelial cells (9a, 9b), the subpapillary vascular plexus running in the lateral direction, the turbidity of body fluid, and the tip of the blood vessel running in the longitudinal direction The bending of the part is hardly seen.

  FIG. 4 shows an image photographed by the fingertip blood vessel observation device in Example 1, and shows a case where there is a subpapillary vascular plexus running in the transverse direction across the longitudinal direction (vertical direction) of the finger in the image. The image sent to the computer 6 is discriminated as to the presence or absence of the subpapillary vascular plexus running in the transverse direction across the longitudinal direction (longitudinal direction) of the finger. In determining not only the presence or absence of the subnipple vascular plexus, whether the blood flow of the subnipple vascular plexus is visible, whether the subnipple vascular plexus is on the upper side, the thickness, color, and number of the subnipple vascular plexus are A distinction is also made for some elements (3 or less, 4 to 7 or 8 or more). The discrimination result is collated with the database to evaluate the health condition.

As shown in FIGS. 4 (1) to (4), there are subpapillary vascular plexuses (10a, 10b, 10c, 10d) in the captured images. In FIG. 4 (1), it is difficult to see the blood flow of the subnipple vascular plexus, and it is determined that there is no subnipple vascular plexus on the upper side. The thickness of the subpapillary vascular plexus is thin, and the color is black (however, the color is not shown. The same applies hereinafter), and the number is determined to be 8 or more. In FIG. 4B, it is determined that the blood flow of the subnipple vascular plexus is easy to see, and the subnipple vascular plexus is not present on the upper side. The thickness of the subpapillary vascular plexus is thick, the hue is red, and the number is discriminated to be 3 or less. In FIG. 4 (3), it is difficult to see the blood flow of the subnipple vascular plexus, and it is determined that the subnipple vascular plexus is on the upper side. The thickness of the subpapillary vascular plexus is thick, the hue is red, and the number is discriminated as 4-7. In FIG. 4 (4), it is determined that the blood flow in the subnipple vascular plexus is easily visible, and that the subnipple vascular plexus is on the upper side. The thickness of the subpapillary vascular plexus is thick, the hue is reddish black, and the number is discriminated as 4-7.
As described above, the determination may be performed by visually observing the captured image and determining the presence or absence of the subpapillary vascular plexus running in the lateral direction, or by processing the captured image with a computer. The presence or absence of a subpapillary vascular plexus that automatically runs in the lateral direction may be determined.

  FIG. 5 shows an image photographed by the fingertip blood vessel observation device in Example 1, and shows a case where there is turbidity in the body fluid in the image. The image sent to the computer 6 is determined for the degree of turbidity of the body fluid. In the determination, not only the intensity of the turbidity level but also factors such as the presence or absence of scale-like turbidity are determined. The determination result is checked against a database to evaluate the health condition.

As shown in FIGS. 5 (1) to (3), turbidity of body fluid (11a, 11b, 11c) is present in the captured images. In FIG. 5A, it is determined that the degree of turbidity is slightly weak and there is no scaly turbidity. In FIG. 5 (2), the degree of turbidity is strong and it is determined that there is no scaly turbidity. In FIG. 5 (3), it is determined that the degree of turbidity is weak and there is scale-like turbidity.
The determination may be made by visually observing the captured image to determine the degree of turbidity of the body fluid, or by performing image processing on the captured image with a computer and automatically determining the degree of turbidity of the body fluid. May be.

FIG. 6 shows an image taken by the fingertip blood vessel observation device in the first embodiment, and shows a case where the tip of the blood vessel running in the longitudinal direction of the finger is bent in the image.
In the image sent to the computer 6, the degree of bending of the distal end portion of the blood vessel running in the longitudinal direction of the finger is determined. In the determination, not only the degree of bending, but also the factors such as the ratio of the number of bent vascular endothelial cells, the thickness of the tip of the vascular endothelial cell, and the fine twist of only the tip are determined. The determination result is checked against a database to evaluate the health condition.

As shown in FIGS. 6 (1) to (3), the vascular endothelial cells in the photographed image all have a bend (12a, 12b, 12c) at the tip of the blood vessel running in the longitudinal direction of the finger. In FIG. 6A, it is determined that the degree of bending is slightly strong and the ratio of the number of bent vascular endothelial cells is high. It is determined that the thickness of the tip of the vascular endothelial cell is slightly thick and there is no fine twist of only the tip. In FIG. 6B, it is determined that the degree of bending is slightly strong and the ratio of the number of vascular endothelial cells with bending is low. The thickness of the tip of the vascular endothelial cell is slightly thin, and it is determined that there is almost no fine twist only at the tip. In FIG. 6 (3), it is determined that the degree of bending is slightly strong and the ratio of the number of vascular endothelial cells with bending is high. The thickness of the tip of the vascular endothelial cell is thick, and it is determined that a fine twist only at the tip exists.
The determination may be performed by visually observing the captured image and determining the degree of bending of the tip of the blood vessel running in the longitudinal direction of the finger, or by processing the captured image with a computer. Thus, the degree of bending of the tip of the blood vessel that runs in the longitudinal direction of the finger may be determined automatically.

In the second embodiment, processing performed by a fingertip blood vessel observation system in which an observation client and an observation server are connected via a network will be described.
FIG. 7 illustrates a system configuration diagram of the fingertip blood vessel observation system according to the second embodiment. The fingertip blood vessel observation device body 2, the observation client 102a (PC1), and the observation client 102b (PC2) are connected to each other. PC 1 and PC 2 are connected to the observation server 100 via the network 103. Capillary images taken by the observation client are transmitted from the fingertip blood vessel observation device main body 2 to the observation client (PC1 or PC2) via the data connection cable, respectively, and then transmitted to the observation server 100 via the network 103. Sent. The observation server 100 stores a database 101.

  The content stored in the database 101 is a capillary pattern that is stored over time in relation to personal information in order to capture changes over time in the health condition. Specifically, when blood vessels are cloudy, the main cause is inferior metabolism, or when there are lateral blood vessels, the main cause is stress. If there is twist, the main causes may be bad lifestyle, poor eating habits, arterial compression, etc., if the blood vessels are thick, it may be presumed that eating habits are bad, or blood vessels are distorted Is a matter related to the state of the capillary and the health state, such as high serum blood cholesterol, poor diet, or a decrease in liver function, and is stored as text information.

FIG. 11 illustrates a hardware configuration diagram of the observation client and the observation server according to the second embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 11, the observation client 102a includes a CPU 104, a memory 105, a hard disk 106, a keyboard 107, a network I / F 109, a mouse 111, a display 110, an optical drive 112, and a data communication unit 108. Has a data communication unit 20 and a camera 5. The observation server 100 also includes a CPU 114, a memory 115, a hard disk 116, a keyboard 117, a network I / F 119, a mouse 121, and a display 120. The CPU 104 performs processing based on other applications such as an operating system (OS) and a client program recorded on the hard disk 106. The memory 105 provides a work area for the CPU 104. The hard disk 106 records and holds other applications such as an operating system (OS) and a client program. The keyboard 107 and mouse 111 accept external commands. The display 110 displays an image such as a user interface. The optical drive 112 reads an application processing program from the optical medium 113 in which a data communication client program is recorded, reads other application programs from other optical media, and the like. Read. The apparatus main body 2 includes a data communication unit 20 and a camera 5, and data acquired by the camera 5 is transmitted to the observation client 102 a via the data communication cable 7 by the data communication unit 20. The data communication unit 108 receives data from the apparatus main body 2 via the data communication cable 7. The network I / F 109 has a communication circuit connected to the network 103 and transmits / receives data to / from an external communication device.

  On the other hand, the observation server 100 performs processing based on other applications such as an operating system (OS) and a client program recorded on the hard disk 116. The memory 115 provides a work area for the CPU 114. The hard disk 116 records and holds other applications such as an operating system (OS) and client programs. The keyboard 117 and the mouse 121 accept external commands. The display 120 displays an image such as a user interface. The network I / F 119 includes a communication circuit connected to the network 103, and transmits / receives data to / from an external communication device.

  FIG. 8 shows a system flow diagram of the second embodiment. The captured capillary image is sent from the apparatus main body 2 to the PC 1, and the PC 1 acquires the capillary image (S101). Data is transmitted from the PC 1 to the observation server 100 (S102), and the observation server receives the data (S103). The observation server 100 that has received the data determines whether or not there is a subpapillary vascular plexus that runs in the lateral direction across the longitudinal direction (longitudinal direction) of the finger (S104). Next, the degree of turbidity of the body fluid is determined (S105). Further, the degree of bending of the tip of the blood vessel running in the longitudinal direction of the finger is determined (S106). The database stored in the observation server 100 is collated (S107). Based on the comparison result of the measured data with the database stored in the observation server 100, the health state is determined (S108), and the data is transmitted from the observation server 100 to the PC 1 (S109). The PC 1 receives the data sent from the observation server 100 (S110), and the received discrimination result is displayed on the screen of the PC 1 (S111).

  FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram of the observation server according to the second embodiment. The observation server 100 includes an image acquisition unit 201 that acquires a capillary blood vessel image from an observation client, and determines whether or not there is a subpapillary vascular plexus that runs in a lateral direction across the longitudinal direction (longitudinal direction) of the finger in the acquired capillary blood vessel image. Health condition evaluation that evaluates the health condition based on the discrimination result of the presence / absence discrimination means and the judgment result of the turbidity degree judgment means Means 204 and a data transmission means 205 for transmitting the evaluation result of the evaluation means to the designated terminal.

The image acquired by the image acquisition unit 201 is not only determined by the sub-nipple vascular plexus presence / absence determination unit 202 but also transferred to the health condition evaluation unit 204, and is determined by the sub-nipple vascular plexus presence / absence determination unit 202. After the determination, the determination by the turbidity degree determination means 203 is performed, and then the process proceeds to the health condition evaluation means 204. Furthermore, only the determination by the turbidity degree determination means 203 is performed and the process proceeds to the health condition evaluation means 204. There is also a case.
When the health condition evaluation means 204 evaluates the health condition, data is transmitted to the observation client designated by the data transmission means 205.

  The present invention is useful as a health management discrimination device using fingertip blood vessel images.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Fingertip blood vessel observation apparatus 2 Apparatus main body 3, 9a, 9b Vascular endothelial cell 4 Left hand ring finger 5 Camera part 6 Computer 7 Data communication cable 8 Nail epithelium 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d Papillary vascular plexus 11a, 11b, 11c Turbidity 12a, 12b, 12c Bend 20, 28 108 Data communication unit 21, 111, 121 Mouse 22, 112 Optical drive 23, 113 Optical media 24, 104, 114 CPU
25, 105, 115 Memory 26, 106, 116 Hard disk 27, 107, 117 Keyboard 29, 110, 120 Display 100 Observation server 101 Database 102a, 102b Observation client 103 Network 109, 119 Network I / F
201 Image acquisition means 202 Sub-papillary blood vessel presence / absence judgment means 203 Turbidity degree judgment means 204 Health condition evaluation means 205 Data transmission means

Claims (9)

In the method for observing capillary images that are taken by enlarging the capillaries of the nail epithelium of the fingertips,
A fingertip blood vessel observation method characterized by determining the presence or absence of a subpapillary vascular plexus running in a transverse direction across a longitudinal direction (longitudinal direction) of a finger in the capillary blood vessel image.   The fingertip blood vessel observation method according to claim 1, further comprising determining a degree of turbidity of a body fluid in the capillary blood vessel image.   The fingertip blood vessel observation method according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising determining a degree of bending of a tip portion of a blood vessel running in a longitudinal direction of the finger in the capillary blood vessel image. In an observation device for capillary images that are taken by enlarging the blood vessels of the nail epithelium of the fingertip,
An apparatus for observing a fingertip blood vessel, comprising means for discriminating whether or not there is a subpapillary vascular plexus running in a transverse direction across a longitudinal direction (longitudinal direction) of a finger in the capillary blood vessel image.   The fingertip blood vessel observation device according to claim 4, further comprising means for determining a degree of turbidity of the body fluid in the capillary blood vessel image.   6. The fingertip blood vessel observation device according to claim 4, further comprising means for determining a degree of bending of a distal end portion of a blood vessel running in the longitudinal direction of the finger in the capillary blood vessel image. A fingertip blood vessel observation server connected via a network with an observation device for enlarging a blood vessel of a fingertip nail epithelium and taking a capillary image,
Image acquisition means for acquiring the capillary image from the observation device;
Presence / absence determining means for determining the presence or absence of a subpapillary vascular plexus running in a transverse direction across the longitudinal direction (longitudinal direction) of the finger in the acquired capillary image;
Turbidity degree determination means for determining the degree of turbidity of body fluid in the capillary image,
Evaluation means for evaluating a health condition based on the determination result of the presence / absence determination means and the determination result of the turbidity determination means;
Data transmission means for transmitting the evaluation result of the evaluation means to a designated client terminal;
A fingertip blood vessel observation server comprising: Fingertip blood vessel observation computer connected via a communication cable to an observation device for enlarging blood vessels of the fingertip nail epithelium and taking a capillary blood vessel, or a fingertip blood vessel observation server computer connected to the observation device via a network The program installed in
Computer
Image acquisition means for acquiring the capillary image from the observation device;
Presence / absence discriminating means for discriminating the presence or absence of a subpapillary vascular plexus running in a transverse direction across the longitudinal direction (longitudinal direction) of the finger in the acquired capillary image,
Turbidity degree determination means for determining the degree of turbidity of body fluid in the capillary image,
Evaluation means for evaluating a health condition based on the determination result of the presence / absence determination means and the determination result of the turbidity degree determination means;
Data transmission means for transmitting the evaluation result of the evaluation means to a designated computer terminal;
Program to function as. A system composed of an observation server connected via a network and an observation client for enlarging a blood vessel of a fingertip nail epithelium and taking a capillary image;
The observation client
An observation means for enlarging the blood vessels of the nail epithelium of the fingertip and taking a capillary image;
Image data transmitting means for transmitting the captured capillary image to the observation server;
Display means for displaying the evaluation data received from the observation server;
With
The observation server is
Image acquisition means for acquiring the capillary blood vessel image from the observation client;
Presence / absence determining means for determining the presence or absence of a subpapillary vascular plexus running in a transverse direction across the longitudinal direction (longitudinal direction) of the finger in the acquired capillary image;
Turbidity degree determination means for determining the degree of turbidity of body fluid in the capillary image,
Evaluation means for evaluating a health condition based on the determination result of the presence / absence determination means and the determination result of the turbidity determination means;
A fingertip blood vessel observation system comprising: data transmission means for transmitting an evaluation result of the evaluation means to the designated observation client terminal.