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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Emmanuel A. Mannoh, Nashville, TN (US);
Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Nashville, TN (US);
Assignee:
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Nashville, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/24 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/65 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/415 (2013.01); A61B 5/0071 (2013.01); A61B 5/0075 (2013.01); A61B 5/0086 (2013.01); A61B 5/418 (2013.01); A61B 5/4227 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); G01N 21/6456 (2013.01); G01N 21/65 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2505/05 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6439 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0221 (2013.01);
Abstract
One aspect of the invention relates to a method for intraoperative assessment of parathyroid gland viability in a surgery. The method includes diffusing a beam of light onto a tissue surface of a parathyroid gland of a patient to illuminate the tissue surface; acquiring images of the illuminated tissue surface, where each of the acquired images includes a speckle pattern; and processing the acquired images to obtain speckle contrast images for the intraoperative assessment of parathyroid gland viability.