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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2017
Li-cor, Inc., Lincoln, NE (US);
Han-Wei Wang, Lincoln, NE (US);
Lyle R. Middendorf, Lincoln, NE (US);
LI-COR, Inc., Lincoln, NE (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for the detecting and presenting of faint signals from a real-time interactive imager. A real-time view of a subject is controlled by a user by entering commands that move the subject or a camera used to record the real-time view. The rate of this movement is monitored, and when the rate descends below a preset value, a trigger is sent to the camera. In response to the trigger, the camera switches to a lower frame frequency for capturing the real-time view of the subject, thereby increasing the amount of light collected in each frame, and increasing the sensitivity of the camera to faint signals. The methods and systems are particularly relevant for surgical or biopsy imaging, in which both a higher frame rate preview image of a subject for 3D visualization, and a higher sensitivity fluorescence image of the subject for tumor margin assessment, are desired.