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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Mark Henrichs, Houston, TX (US);
Henry Raphael Wolfe, Glenmore, PA (US);
Assignee:
Amersham Health AS, Oslo, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 7/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 7/06 ;
Abstract
The invention relates inter alia to a method of generating information from an animate human or non-human animal body which method comprises: administering to said body a physiologically tolerable material capable of absorbing, scattering or emitting light at a wavelength in the range 300 to 1300 nm; subjecting at least a portion of said body to ultrasound irradiation; detecting light in the wavelength range 300 to 1300 nm from said portion of said body; and manipulating the detected light to generate said information.