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Imaging system and method for the fluorescence-optical visualization of an object

US9433350B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

W.O.M. WORLD OF MEDICINE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Karl-Heinz Schonborn · Mainz, DE
Andreas Bembenek · Hannover, DE
Jörn Becker · Berlin, DE
Martin Bock · Berlin, DE
Andreas Lutz · Bad Abbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 8, 2010
Grant date	Sep 6, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 30, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N2209/048
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An imaging system for the fluorescence-optical visualization of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional object is provided. The imaging system comprising an illumination unit, which is designed and provided for emitting optical radiation in a predetermined wavelength range in order to illuminate the object and excite a fluorescent substance contained in the object, and a capturing unit, which is designed and provided for capturing an optical signal from the region of the object and for splitting the optical signal into a fluorescence signal having a first wavelength range and a signal of visible light having a second wavelength range. The optical capturing unit has an optoelectronic converter having a plurality of partial regions and serving for converting the fluorescence signal into a first electronic data signal and the signal of visible light into a second electronic data signal.

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