Spectrx, Inc.

Guided Therapeutics, Inc.

Jonathan David Mongin

Mark L Faupel

Shabbir Bakir Bambot

David Farquhar

Richard L Fowler

Devin Lee Moore

Brian Andrew Wong-Shui

William W Wells

Jesse Marie Newton

Joanne True

Kathryn Feuvrel

Shabbir Bambot

Jeffrey Allen

A method and apparatus are provided that interrogate, receive, and analyze full emission spectra for at least one fluorescence excitation wavelength and for at least one reflectance measurement to determine tissue characteristics and correlate same to photographic images. Further, the system and method accomplish this measurement rapidly by increasing the light throughput by integrating optics into a hand held unit and avoiding the need for a coherent fiber optic bundle being used. The method includes illuminating a first portion of a target tissue with optical energy, forming a first image of the target tissue, illuminating a second portion of the target tissue with optical energy, performing spectroscopic measurements on optical energy reflected and/or emitted by the target tissue upon illumination of the second portion of the target tissue with optical energy, and determining tissue characteristics of the target tissue based on the results of the spectroscopic measurements.

Method and apparatus for rapid detection and diagnosis of tissue abnormalities

Medical diagnostic stand off tube

Hand held unit for diagnostics or measurement

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Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Jonathan David Mongin