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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2017
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Nashville, TN (US);
The-Quyen Nguyen, Evanston, IL (US);
Xiaohong Bi, Nashville, TN (US);
Zain Gowani, Nashville, TN (US);
Ginger Holt, Nashville, TN (US);
Isaac Pence, Crestwood, KY (US);
John Nguyen, Pomona, CA (US);
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A method of evaluating a surgical margin of tumor tissues of a living subject includes acquiring images of a specimen of the tumor tissues; calculating a three-dimensional (3D) morphological surface of the specimen from the acquired images and displaying the 3D morphological surface; obtaining, from the 3D morphological surface, a plurality of specimen locations to cover a surface of the specimen; acquiring optical data at each specimen location; evaluating a margin status of the specimen at each specimen location to either positive or negative based on the acquired optical data; and displaying the margin status of the specimen on the 3D morphological surface of the specimen with morphological orientations.