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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Stefan A. Carp, Cambridge, MA (US);
David Alan Boas, Winchester, MA (US);
Inventors:
Stefan A. Carp, Cambridge, MA (US);
David Alan Boas, Winchester, MA (US);
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/14551 (2013.01); A61B 5/0053 (2013.01); A61B 6/507 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cancer screening method includes changing a compression state of selected tissue; and obtaining a signal indicative of a response of an optical property of the selected tissue in response to the change in the compression state.