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Live Vue Technologies Inc.

Ecole Polytechnique

Dr. Hassan Ghaderi Moghaddam

Israël Veilleux

Pascal Gallant

Ozzy Mermut

Emmanuel Jean-Marc Beaurepaire

Nicolas Olivier

Hassan Ghaderi Moghaddam

Delphine Malvina Danièle Marie Debarre

Jean Louis Martin

A low coherence interferometry probe system for evaluating proximity to a tissue layer, comprising a low coherence light source for generating low coherence excitation light, an excitation optical fiber to bring the low coherence excitation light near the tissue layer and a collection optical fiber for capturing back-scattered light from the tissue layer. The probe system comprises a low coherence interferometry sub-system and a digital signal processor for evaluating a distance to the tissue layer. There is also provided a spectral absorption probe system for evaluating proximity to an artery, comprising a light source excitation light having a wavelength adapted for absorption by blood chromophores, an excitation optical fiber and a collection optical fiber. The probe system comprises a light detector and a signal processor for determining a distance to the artery based on the back-scattered light and on Beer-Lambert law of light absorption using a value for surrounding tissue attenuation coefficient (&#x3bc;eff). A probe system combining low coherence interferometry and spectral absorption is also provided.

Method and system for optically evaluating drilling proximity to the inferior alveolar nerve in situ

A low coherence interferometry probe system for evaluating proximity to a tissue layer, comprising a low coherence light source, an excitation optical fiber to bring the low coherence excitation light near the tissue layer and a collection optical fiber for capturing back-scattered light from the tissue layer. The probe system comprises an interferometry sub-system and a processor for evaluating a distance to the tissue layer. There is also provided a spectral absorption probe system for evaluating proximity to an artery, comprising a light source excitation light having a wavelength adapted for absorption by blood chromophores, an excitation optical fiber and a collection optical fiber. The probe system comprises a light detector and a processor for determining a distance to the artery using the Beer-Lambert law of light absorption with a value for surrounding tissue attenuation coefficient (&#x3bc;eff). A probe system combining low coherence interferometry and spectral absorption is also provided.

Method and system for optically evaluating proximity to the inferior alveolar nerve in situ

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Israël Veilleux