Tissue scanning apparatus and method

Details Tissue scanning apparatus and method Tissue scanning apparatus and method

2008-04-29

2008-04-29

Sanghavi, Hemang (Department: 2874)

Optical waveguides

Optical waveguide sensor

C600S473000, C600S476000, C600S478000, C356S326000, C356S328000, C359S202100

Reexamination Certificate

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11602724

ABSTRACT:
A system for multispectral confocal mapping of a tissue, comprising: a light source; an optical fiber having an aperture providing a confocal pinhole, a scanner being free-space coupled to said aperture and operative to scan the tissue and provide intensity signals for each of a plurality of points therein; a switch or modulator operative to convert input signals to optical pulses; a reflector that receives the optical pulses and provides a temporal sequence of wavelength selective reflections; and, a detector optically coupled to receive the temporal sequence of wavelength selective reflections.

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