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Patent No.:

US 10942112 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 26, 2019

Methods, systems, arrangements and computer-accessible medium for providing micro-optical coherence tomography procedures

Applicants:

The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);

The Uab Research Foundation, Birmingham, AL (US);

Inventors:

Steven M. Rowe, Birmingham, AL (US);

Guillermo J. Tearney, Cambridge, MA (US);

Brett Eugene Bouma, Quincy, MA (US);

Linbo Liu, Cambridge, MA (US);

Eric J. Sorscher, Birmingham, AL (US);

Kengyeh Ken Chu, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);

Bradford James Diephuis, Brookline, MA (US);

Eric James Wilsterman, Boston, MA (US);

Gregory Andrew Dierksen, Brookline, MA (US);

Assignees:

The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);

The UAB Research Foundation, Birmingham, AL (US);

Attorney:

Quarles & Brady LLP

Primary Examiner:

Tarifur R Chowdhury

Assistant Examiner:

Jonathon Cook

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 (2006.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01); G01N 21/45 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01); G01J 3/45 (2006.01); G01J 9/02 (2006.01); G01N 15/02 (2006.01); G01N 21/35 (2014.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01N 29/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/65 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/17 (2013.01); G01B 9/0205 (2013.01); G01B 9/02044 (2013.01); G01B 9/02091 (2013.01); G01J 3/45 (2013.01); G01J 9/02 (2013.01); G01N 15/0205 (2013.01); G01N 21/35 (2013.01); G01N 21/45 (2013.01); G01N 21/4788 (2013.01); G01N 21/4795 (2013.01); G01N 21/6486 (2013.01); G01N 29/00 (2013.01); G01N 15/14 (2013.01); G01N 21/6458 (2013.01); G01N 2021/653 (2013.01); G01N 2021/655 (2013.01);
Abstract

Exemplary apparatus and method can be provided for obtaining data regarding a plurality of samples. For example, using at least one arrangement, it is possible to receive interferometric information that is based on radiations provided from a reference and the samples that are provided in respective chambers. Alternatively and/or in addition, based on the interferometric information, it is possible to discriminate between agents to identify a particular agent that affects a particular function within at least one of the samples.

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