Near-infrared hyperspectral imaging endoscopy
We implement near-infrared spectral imaging in rigid and flexible endoscopes to visualize subsurface tissue information and support diagnosis and surgery through AI-based analysis.
Takamatsu Laboratory
We integrate sensing, robotics, and information science to address unmet medical needs in clinical practice. Through these research activities, we aim to create next-generation medical devices that contribute to diagnosis, treatment, and surgical support.
About the Laboratory
Takamatsu Laboratory conducts medical device research that integrates sensing, robotics, and information science to address unmet medical needs in clinical practice. By combining measurement technologies that acquire biological information, mechanisms and control technologies that enable devices to operate safely and intentionally inside the body, and information processing technologies that connect acquired data to medical decision-making, we aim to create next-generation medical devices that contribute to diagnosis, treatment, and surgical support.
Rather than focusing on a single technology, we work backward from functions required in clinical settings and take a cross-disciplinary approach spanning optical design, mechanical mechanisms, prototyping, image and spectral analysis, machine learning, and system integration. Through this approach, we develop foundational technologies that support information acquisition, device operation, and decision-making that have been difficult with conventional medical devices.
Current research themes include near-infrared hyperspectral imaging endoscopy, robotic colonoscope insertion, and plasma injection probes for in situ analysis. These are concrete examples of how sensing, robotics, and information science can be connected to medical applications, with the long-term goal of supporting safer and less invasive medicine.
Associate Professor, Department of Information and Computer Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science
Toshihiro Takamatsu, PhD
- takamatsu [at] rs.tus.ac.jp
- Address
- Building 19, 3F
2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan - Tel
- +81-4-7124-4166 ext. 6069
Research Themes
Robotic colonoscope insertion
We develop colonoscope insertion support technologies using double-balloon and double-bend mechanisms that advance while adapting to the shape of the colon.
Plasma injection probe for in situ analysis
We develop minimally invasive devices that integrate a miniature low-temperature plasma source into an injection needle to analyze drug components in deep tissue in situ.