Optical analysis of biomedical specimens
US4017192A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 6, 1975 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 6, 1995 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N21/59
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A technique for automatic detection of abnormalities, particularly pathology, in biomedical specimens. Light transmittance or reflectance data over a large number of wavelengths for numerous samples are correlated mathematically with conventional clinical results to select test wavelengths and constants for a correlation equation. Optical instrumentation with an analog or digital computer applies the resulting correlation equation to the spectral data on a given specimen at the test wavelengths to determine quantitatively the presence of the abnormality.
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