Method and apparatus for medical imaging using differencing of multiple fluorophores
US11937951B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 25, 2023 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 25, 2043 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2576/00
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of generating corrected fluorescence data of concentrations of a targeted fluorophore in tissue of a subject includes administering first and second fluorescent contrast agents to the subject, the first contrast agent targeted to tissue of interest, the second agent untargeted. The tissue is illuminated with light of a first stimulus wavelength and first data is acquired at an appropriate emissions wavelength; the tissue is illuminated at a second stimulus wavelength and second data is acquired at a second emissions wavelength associated with the second agent, the first and second emissions wavelength differ. Difference data is generated by subtracting the second data from the first data. A system provides for stimulus and capture at multiple wavelengths, with image storage memory and subtraction code, to perform the method. Corrected data may form an fluorescence image, or is used to generate fluorescence tomographic images.
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