Modular imaging system, modules for this system and method implemented using this system
US8644663B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 10, 2011 |
| Grant date | Feb 4, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 3, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/29362
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An imaging device including an illumination module including at least one emitter for emitting at least one excitation beam, a scanning and injection module including an image guide, a proximal end and a distal end of which are linked by a plurality of optical fibers, and a scanning and injection optical system configured to alternately inject the at least one excitation beam into an optical fiber of the image guide from the proximal end of the image guide, and a detection module including at least one detector for detecting at least one luminous flux collected at the distal end of the image guide. At least one of the illumination module and the detection module is optically conjugated with the scanning and injection module by a conjugating optical fiber.
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