University of Arkansas

John L Dornhoffer

Stephen Thomas Flock

Scott L Ferguson

Emmanuel B De Haller

A device to measure the relative location in three dimensional space of anatomical structures by injecting a beam of light into an optical imaging device and projecting the beams of light onto the object being imaged. By virtue of the change in the image of the light beam, as a function of changes in the position and/or direction of the injected beam, and knowing the optical transfer function of the imaging device, the position of the anatomical structure can easily be calculated.

Optical device for measuring small dimensions in vivo

A vibrometer which detects the variation of the speckle interference pattern of reflected waves as a means of determining the amplitude and frequency of vibrations of structures, including small anatomical structures. A wave source such as a laser delivers wave radiation to the object whose vibration is to be measured. The diffuse reflectance from the textural surface of the object reflects the incident wave radiation as a speckle interference pattern which is detected by a detector, such as a photodetector. The wave radiation source may be a continuous-wave laser, and the photodetector detector may be a phototransistor connected to a wide-bandwidth amplifier. As the object vibrates, the speckle interference pattern moves. The variation in the speckle interference pattern across the detector carries amplitude and frequency information regarding the vibrating object.

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Roland, AR, United States of America

John L Dornhoffer