Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for optical imaging via spectral encoding
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Application No.: US13774715Application Date: 2013-02-22
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Publication No.: US09304121B2Publication Date: 2016-04-05
- Inventor: Guillermo J. Tearney , Dvir Yelin , Brett E. Bouma
- Applicant: The General Hospital Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MA Boston
- Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
- Current Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Boston
- Agency: Andrews Kurth LLP
- Main IPC: G01B9/02
- IPC: G01B9/02 ; G01J3/45 ; G01N33/483 ; A61B5/00 ; G01N21/47 ; G01N21/64 ; G01N23/04 ; G02B23/24 ; G01B9/04 ; G01N21/25 ; G01N21/27 ; G02B21/00 ; G01N21/17

Abstract:
Method, apparatus and arrangement according an exemplary embodiment of the present invention can be provided for generating an image of at least one portion of an anatomical structure. For example, the portion can have an area greater than about 1 mm2, and the image can have a resolution a transverse resolution that is below about 10 μm. For example, light can be scanned over such portion so as to generate first information which is related to the portion, where the light may be provided through a diffraction arrangement to generate a spectrally dispersed line. Method, apparatus and arrangement according to a further exemplary embodiment of the present invention can be provided for positioning a radiation or optical beam within an anatomical structure based on signals generated by scanning a portion of the structure using the same or a different beam.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130176571A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL IMAGING VIA SPECTRAL ENCODING Public/Granted day:2013-07-11
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