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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Andrew Karellas, Auburn, MA (US);
University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA (US);
Abstract
An optical imaging system for generating a seamless image during, for example, X-ray imaging procedures. The imaging system features at least two optical detectors, each including an optically active region for generating separate light-induced images, and a fiber optic plate separated by a groove into first and second fiber-containing sections. Each of the first and second sections are connected to a separate optical detector so that, during operation, fibers contained in these sections function to deliver light exclusively to the optically active regions of the connected detectors, thereby allowing generation of separate light-induced images. These images can then be combined to form a seamless image.