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Raman analysis of tissue and/or calcifications

US8259902B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 5, 2007
Grant dateSep 4, 2012
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Expiry dateApr 5, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2021/656
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Non invasive in-vivo measurement of composition of a tissue within a part of a human or animal subject is carried out by detecting a Raman spectral characteristic in light scattered through the part using a transmission, rather than a backscattering geometry. The technique is applied to the detection of calcifications in human breast tissues.

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