Measuring tissue morphology
US6091984A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 10, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 10, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/0086
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to systems and methods for measuring one or more physical characteristics of material such as tissue using optical radiation. The system can use light that is scattered by a tissue layer to determine, for example, the size of nuclei in the tissue layer to aid in the characterization of the tissue. These methods can include the use of fiber optic devices to deliver and collect light from a tissue region of interest to diagnose, for example, whether the tissue is normal or precancerous.
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