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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Usa Inc., Melville, NY (US);
Inventors:
Anderson Thi Mach, Cambridge, MA (US);
Tzu-Yu Wu, Malden, MA (US);
Jacob Schieffelin Brauer, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Canon U.S.A., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00057 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00172 (2013.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); A61B 1/0014 (2013.01); A61B 1/00137 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10068 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for correcting distortion of a spectrally encoded endoscopy ('SEE'), more specifically, the subject disclosure provides a calibration tool calibrating a rotating spectrally encoded endoscope, which may be reused to recalibrate the endoscope throughout the lifecycle, and which may further act to protect the endoscope during packaging, shipping and handling.