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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2011
Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Rami Nachabe, Eindhoven, NL;
Gerhardus Wilhelmus Lucassen, Eindhoven, NL;
Adrien Emmanuel Desjardins, Waterloo, CA;
Theodoor Jacques Marie Ruers, Zeist, NL;
Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Rami Nachabe, Eindhoven, NL;
Gerhardus Wilhelmus Lucassen, Eindhoven, NL;
Adrien Emmanuel Desjardins, Waterloo, CA;
Theodoor Jacques Marie Ruers, Zeist, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatusand, a method and a computer program for determining a parameter indicative of a tissue type of an associated tissue. In particular, the invention relates to an apparatuscomprising a spectrometer, which spectrometer comprises a light sourceand a detectorarranged to measure an optical spectrum. This enables determination of a first parameter being indicative of a bile concentration. As the inventors of the present invention have made the insight that bile concentration may serve as a discriminative feature for different tissue types, the apparatus is arranged to determine a second parameter indicative of a tissue type based on a concentration of bile. According to a specific embodiment, the apparatus further comprises an interventional device