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Title:
SPECTRAL IMAGING OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2005040769
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention features a method including: (i) providing spectrally resolved information about light coming from different spatial locations in a sample comprising deep tissue in response to an illumination of the sample, wherein the light includes contributions from different components in the sample; (ii) decomposing the spectrally resolved information for each of at least some of the different spatial locations into contributions from spectral estimates associated with at least some of the components in the sample; and (iii) constructing a deep tissue image of the sample based on the decomposition to preferentially show a selected one of the components.

Inventors:
LEVENSON RICHARD M (US)
CRONIN PAUL J (US)
GOSSAGE KIRK WILLIAM (US)
HOYT CLIFFORD C
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/031609
Publication Date:
November 17, 2005
Filing Date:
September 23, 2004
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Assignee:
CAMBRIDGE RES AND INSTRUMENTAT (US)
LEVENSON RICHARD M (US)
CRONIN PAUL J (US)
GOSSAGE KIRK WILLIAM (US)
HOYT CLIFFORD C
International Classes:
A61B5/00; G01J3/32; G01J3/44; G01J3/453; (IPC1-7): A61B5/00
Domestic Patent References:
WO2001011343A12001-02-15
Foreign References:
US5115137A1992-05-19
US6142629A2000-11-07
Other References:
See also references of EP 1681993A2
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