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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Irene Georgakoudi, Waltham, MA (US);
Vadim Backman, Cambridge, MA (US);
Michael S. Feld, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
Abstract
Preferred embodiments of the present invention utilize a plurality of spectroscopic techniques to measure characteristics of tissue useful in the diagnosis of disease. Fluorescence, reflectance and light scattered spectra can be measured and processed to determine the size, distribution and/or composition of tissue. The methods and systems can be used particularly in the early detection of carcinoma within tissue in vivo and in vitro.