Confocal microscopy with multi-spectral encoding
US6341036B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 24, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/0075
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A scanning confocal microscopy system, especially useful for endoscopy with a flexible probe which is connected to the end of an optical fiber(9). The probe has a grating(12) and a lens(14) which delivers a beam of multi-spectral light having spectral components which extend in one dimension across a region of an object and which is moved to scan in another dimension. The reflected confocal spectrum is measured to provide an image of the region.
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