Optics: measuring and testing – By shade or color – With color transmitting filter
Patent
1994-03-25
1995-06-06
Evans, F. L.
Optics: measuring and testing
By shade or color
With color transmitting filter
128654, 2504581, G01N 2125, A61B 603
Patent
active
054227305
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for optical detection and imaging of regional circulatory flow in biological tissues for research purposes. An animal or plant organ is perfused with a saline suspension of colored and/or fluorescent microspheres. The organ is excised and fixed in the form of a specimen block for mounting in a microtome or other suitable apparatus. Under automatic control of a microcomputer equipped with a frame grabber, a surface layer of the block is removed, the resulting new exposed surface of the block receives a flash of illumination from a light source, and light reflected by colored microspheres or, alternatively, light emitted by fluorescent microspheres, is detected by a CCD video camera aimed at the block. Also under microcomputer control, light filters having suitable light bandpasses are interposed between the light sources and the block, and between the block and the camera. Video signals are converted by the microcomputer into position coordinates with associated optical intensities from which regional circulatory flow is computed and displayed on a monitor.
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Barlow Clyde H.
Kelly Jeffrey J.
Evans F. L.
Rashid Peter J.
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