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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2023
Applicant:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Zhongming Li, Cambridge, MA (US);
Angela Belcher, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/21 (2006.01); G01N 21/35 (2014.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G01N 21/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/418 (2013.01); A61B 5/0062 (2013.01); A61B 5/0082 (2013.01); G01N 21/21 (2013.01); G01N 21/35 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G01N 2021/3137 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure provides a method for imaging lymph nodes and lymphatic vessels without a contrast agent. The method includes providing, using an optical source, an infrared illumination to a region of a subject having at least one lymphatic component, detecting a reflected portion of the infrared illumination directly reflected from the region using a sensor positioned thereabout, and generating at least one image indicative of the at least one lymphatic component in the subject using the reflected portion of the infrared illumination.