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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2016
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Trustees of Boston University, Boston, MA (US);
Guillermo J. Tearney, Cambridge, MA (US);
Brett Eugene Bouma, Quincy, MA (US);
Hongki Yoo, Melrose, MA (US);
Milen Shishkov, Watertown, MA (US);
Joseph Gardecki, Acton, MA (US);
Roman Shubochkin, Arlington, MA (US);
Theodore Morse, Little Compton, RI (US);
Farouc Amin Jaffer, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Trustees of Boston University, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Exemplary systems, devices, methods, apparatus and computer-accessible media for providing and/or utilizing optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) and fluorescence of structures and, e.g., multimodality imaging using OFDI techniques and fluorescence imaging techniques are described. For example, an arrangement can provide at least one electro-magnetic radiation to an anatomical structure. Such exemplary arrangement can include at least one optical core and at least one cladding at least partially surrounding the fiber(s). A region between the optical core(s) and the cladding(s) can have an index that is different from indexes of the optical core(s) and the cladding(s). The arrangement can also include at least one apparatus which is configured to transmit the radiation(s) via the optical core(s) and the cladding(s) to the anatomical structure.