Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno

H.c. Implants B.v.

Dirkjan Bakker

Fokko Pieter Wieringa

Antonius Franciscus Wilhelmus Van Der Steen

Frits Mastik

Rene Gerardus Maria Van Melick

René Gerardus Maria Melick

Maria Ponec-Waelsch

A method of obtaining an image of buried structures in an object, comprising: providing a camera for imaging visual and infrared-images; providing a bounded light source; partly irradiating said object by said bounded light source; imaging a non-irradiated area of said object by said camera to image said buried structure; and combining said buried structure image with a visual image of said object. Accordingly an image can be obtained while discarding specular reflections of the object. Additionally there is disclosed a method of enhancing imaging of buried structures in an object, comprising: aligning said infrared light source with a visual light source; providing a first edge analysis of said infrared image; providing a second edge analysis of said visual image; comparing said first and second edge analysis; and discarding edges in said infrared image that are also detected in said second image.

Imaging of buried structures

A phantom device for mimicking anatomical structures, comprising: at least one electronic device layer comprising segmented areas of liquid crystals for forming a graphic layout of an anatomical structure; the segments comprising dyes of various absorbing characteristics for mimicking anatomical structures such as blood vessels; the areas further comprising electrically controllable optical diffuser and/or absorber elements for varying the absorption in the segments so as to mimic dynamical properties of said anatomical structure.

Phantom device

The invention relates to an artificial skin which is made up of

Artificial skin

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Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands

Dirkjan Bakker