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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2020
Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, FR;
Centre National DE LA Recherche Scientifique, Paris, FR;
Chu Brugmann, Brussels, BE;
Angelo Pierangelo, Palaiseau, FR;
Jérémy Vizet, Les Mureaux, FR;
Jean Rehbinder, Illkirch, FR;
André Nazac, Brussels, BE;
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, Paris, FR;
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, Palaiseau, FR;
CHU BRUGMANN, Brussels, BE;
Abstract
A method of quantifying progression of pregnancy, includes a) illuminating a uterine cervix with polarized light having a wavelength comprised between 600 and 1100 nm; b) acquiring a plurality of images of the illuminated uterine cervix through a polarization state analyser in respective analysing states; steps a) and b) being performed either once or a plurality of time using polarized light having different polarization states; c) from the acquired images, computing a depolarization parameter over a region of interest of the uterine cervix; and d) quantifying the progression of the pregnancy from said depolarization parameter. An apparatus, based on a colposcope fitted with a controllable polarization state generator, a controllable polarization state analyser and a suitably-programmed computer, for carrying out such a method. A computer program for carrying out such a method.