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Method and device for measuring and processing light

US4768513A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 1987
Grant dateSep 6, 1988
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Expiry dateMar 30, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2021/6484
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and device for measuring and processing light whereby laser light is irradiated onto positions of an organism which has been injected with a fluorescent substance having a strong affinity for tumors, the fluorescence and the reflected light produced by this irradiation are detected, and the detected intensity of the fluorescence is calculated and analyzed by means of the intensity of the reflected light.

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