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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2019
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Maria Angela Franceschini, Charlestown, MA (US);
Stefan Carp, Boston, MA (US);
Davide Tamborini, Charlestown, MA (US);
David Boas, Charlestown, MA (US);
Bruce Rosen, Charlestown, MA (US);
Megan Blackwell, Charlestown, MA (US);
Oleg Shatrovoy, Charlestown, MA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, including: a probe to interface with a surface of a tissue; a light source optically coupled to the probe, the light source directing light of at least 1000 nm into the tissue; a detector optically coupled to the probe, the detector to detect light based on scattering of light from the light source in the tissue, and the detector having a light sensitivity in a range of at least 1000 nm; a processor coupled to the detector, the processor to: receive a signal from the detector corresponding to the detected light from the light source, and determine a blood flow measurement from the region of interest using diffuse correlation spectroscopy based on the signal.