System and method for cabinet x-ray systems with near-infrared optical system
US10921265B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 23, 2020 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 23, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2223/408
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to the field of a cabinet x-ray incorporating an x-ray tube, an x-ray detector, and a near-infrared optical system mounted onto the cabinet or positioned within the cabinet, for the production of organic and non-organic images. The computing device receives video data from the near-infrared optical system and determines, based on the video data an optical image displaying the captured real-time image or display images adjacently i.e. Picture-In-Picture (PIP). In particular, the present disclosure also relates to a system and method with corresponding apparatus for capturing a near-infrared image simultaneously with the x-ray image allowing a cabinet x-ray unit to attain and optimize images utilizing near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence for sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping in breast cancer patients to improve the Sentinel Lymph Node identification and procedure.
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