PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging apparatus, an imaging system, a surgical navigation system, and an imaging method capable of imaging an image of a subject including a phosphor with a high degree of accuracy and in a short exposure time.SOLUTION: An imaging apparatus comprises: a first illumination part 22 that irradiates a subject 2 including a phosphor 1 with visible light 5 a second illumination part 23 that irradiates the subject 2 with exciting light 6 an imaging part 3 including a plurality of imaging elements that can respectively generate image signals based on injected light and an output part that respectively reads image signals from a plurality of the imaging elements and outputs image information based on each of the read image signals a spectral element that disperses the visible light 5 to a plurality of component lights and control means for irradiating the subject 2 while switching the visible light 5 to the exciting light 6 or vice versa, switching the image information of the visible light 5 based on each image signal of a plurality of the imaging elements to which each component light of the visible light 5 was injected to the image information of fluorescent light based on the image signals of at least one imaging element to which fluorescent light was injected or vice versa, and outputting the image information.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】蛍光体を含む被写体の画像を高精度に短い露光時間で撮像することが可能な撮像装置、撮像システム、手術用ナビゲーションシステム及び撮像方法を提供すること。【解決手段】本発明の撮像装置は、蛍光体1を有する被写体2に可視光5を照射する第1の照明部22と、被写体2に励起光6を照射する第2の照明部23と、入射された光に基づいて画像信号をそれぞれ生成することが可能な複数の撮像素子と複数の撮像素子から画像信号をそれぞれ読み出し各画像信号に基づいて画像情報を出力する出力部とを有する撮像部3と、可視光5を複数の成分光に分光する分光素子と、可視光5と励起光6とを相互に切り替えて照射させ可視光5の各成分光がそれぞれ入射された複数の撮像素子の各画像信号に基づく可視光5の画像情報と蛍光が入射された少なくとも1つの撮像素子の画像信号に基づく蛍光の画像情報とを相互に切り替えて出力させる制御手段とを具備する。【選択図】図1
