Method and apparatus for determining the physical characteristic

Details Method and apparatus for determining the physical characteristic Method and apparatus for determining the physical characteristic

1992-01-23

1994-02-08

Howell, Kyle L.

Surgery

Truss

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128745, A61B 310

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052841499

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for determining the physical characteristics of ocular tissue is provided. A lens-less monomode fiber is caused to generate an expanding beam of monochromatic laser light into ocular tissue such that the light is scattered by the tissue in the backward direction. A second optical fiber, which is multimode at the wavelength of the light passing through the monomode transmission fiber, coherently detects light scattered by the ocular tissue. The scattered light received by the second optical fiber is converted into an electrical signal, which is subsequently analyzed to determine whether changes in the molecular structure of the ocular tissue have occurred.

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