Tissue scanning apparatus and method
US7366365B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 21, 2006 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/0071
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system for multispectral confocal mapping of a tissue, comprising: a light source; an optical fiber having an aperture providing a confocal pinhole, a scanner being free-space coupled to said aperture and operative to scan the tissue and provide intensity signals for each of a plurality of points therein; a switch or modulator operative to convert input signals to optical pulses; a reflector that receives the optical pulses and provides a temporal sequence of wavelength selective reflections; and, a detector optically coupled to receive the temporal sequence of wavelength selective reflections.
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