Title:
SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING LASER THERAPY AND METHOD THEREFOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/145763
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The present disclosure enables improved laser treatments by enabling better estimation of laser-tissue interaction to better inform the planning of a treatment path for a laser signal through a treatment region. An embodiment in accordance with the present disclosure uses a laser signal to generate a feature in the treatment region, generates a surface profile of the treatment region that includes the feature, compares that surface profile to another surface profile of the treatment region taken before the generation of the feature, and infers at least one property for at least one tissue type in the treatment region based on the comparison. In some embodiments, the feature is generated such that it includes a plurality of tissue types previously identified in the treatment region, thereby enabling inference one or more properties for each tissue type and/or locating one or more boundaries between tissue types.
Inventors:
ROSS WESTON (US)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2018/056284
Publication Date:
November 07, 2019
Filing Date:
August 20, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UNIV DUKE (US)
International Classes:
A61N5/06
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
WALKER, James (US)
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