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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2015
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (US);
Cheng Chen, Greenville, NC (US);
Thomas Bruce Ferguson, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Sunghan Kim, Winterville, NC (US);
Zhiyong Peng, Greenville, NC (US);
Kenneth Michael Jacobs, Greenville, NC (US);
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (US);
Abstract
Methods for calculating a MetaKG signal are provided. The method including illuminating a region of interest in a sample with a near-infrared (NIR) light source and/or a visible light source; acquiring images of the region of interest; processing the acquired images to obtain metadata associated with the acquired images; and calculating the MetaKG signal from the metadata associated with the acquired images. Related systems and computer program products are also provided.