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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2017
Canon Usa Inc., Melville, NY (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Tzu-Yu Wu, Malden, MA (US);
Mitsuhiro Ikuta, Cambridge, MA (US);
Dongkyun Kang, Tucson, AZ (US);
Guillermo J. Tearney, Cambridge, MA (US);
Canon U.S.A. , Inc., Melville, NY (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for spectrally encoded endoscopy (SEE) comprising an illumination element, a detection light guiding element, a rotary element, and a two-dimensional sensor. The illumination element is configured to direct an illumination light beam towards a sample. The detection light guiding element is configured to collect a reflected light beam from the sample. At least one of the illumination element and the detection light guiding element is configured to spectrally dispersed the illumination light beam or the reflected light beam, respectively. The rotary element is configured to rotate or oscillate the reflected light beam. The reflected light beam is guided from the rotary element to the two-dimensional sensor.