PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus to measure the function of a salivary gland by biooptical measurement.SOLUTION: The biooptical measuring instrument includes light measuring means to irradiate the vicinity of the salivary gland of a subject with light and receive reflected or transmitted light, signal processing means to draw a change in the salivary glands function as a signal waveform of a blood substance concentration change when the light stimulates the subject on the basis of a measurement signal received by the light measuring means, and display means to display the result of processing of the signal processing means.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】 生体光計測によって唾液腺機能を計測する装置を提供する。【解決手段】 本発明は、被験体の唾液腺近傍に光を照射し、反射または透過した光を受光する光計測手段と、前記光計測手段が受光した計測信号をもとに、前記被検体に刺激を与えた場合の唾液腺機能変化を血中物質濃度変化の信号波形として描出する信号処理手段と、前記信号処理手段の処理結果を表示する表示手段とを備えた生体光計測装置。【選択図】 図6
