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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2017
Applicants:
Shuliang Jiao, Miami, FL (US);
Rong Wen, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Byron L. Lam, Miami, FL (US);
Inventors:
Assignees:
The Florida International University Board of Trustees, Miami, FL (US);
University of Miami, Miami, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/10 (2006.01); A61B 3/12 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 3/14 (2006.01); A61B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/1241 (2013.01); A61B 3/0025 (2013.01); A61B 3/0041 (2013.01); A61B 3/102 (2013.01); A61B 3/14 (2013.01); A61B 5/0071 (2013.01);
Abstract
Imaging systems and methods of using the same are provided for monitoring the quantity of fluorescent pigment, for example lipofuscin, in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) layer of a retina in vivo. Various imaging modalities can be integrated into a single system and excited by a single broadband light source for the monitoring of the fluorescent pigment. The influence of varying optical properties found in the optical path of the pigment's auto-fluorescence between the RPE and an image receiver can be corrected.