Multimodal spectroscopic systems and methods for classifying biological tissue

US8694266B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN · US

Inventors

• Mary-Ann Mycek · Ann Arbor, US
• Malavika Chandra · Framingham, US
• James Scheiman · Waterford Township, US
• Robert H. Wilson · Mountain View, US
• Diane M. Simeone · Ann Arbor, US
• Barbara McKenna · Ann Arbor, US
• Jeremy Taylor · Ann Arbor, US
• Oliver Tsung Wen Lee · Ann Arbor, US
• Leng-Chun Chen · Vista, US
• William Lloyd · Richardson, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 16, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 8, 2014
• Expiry date: May 16, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H50/20
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Multimodal optical spectroscopy systems and methods produce a spectroscopic event to obtain spectroscopic response data from biological tissue, either ex vivo or in vivo, and compare the response data with a model configured to correlate the measured response data and the most probable attributes of the tissue, thus facilitating classification of the tissue based on those attributes.