Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Patent
1996-08-30
1998-12-22
Smith, Ruth S.
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
600473, 600476, A61B 500
Patent
active
058511814
ABSTRACT:
A monitoring apparatus for monitoring an image of a treatment site and the spectral emissions from a portion of that region is provided. A CCD camera and spectrometer coupled to a housing can be directed toward an opening in the housing. This opening can be placed near a treatment site so that an image of the treatment site and a spectral measurement of the treatment site can be measured at the same time.
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ESC Medical Systems Ltd.
Smith Ruth S.
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