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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2003
Applicants:
Stephen A. Boppart, Champaign, IL (US);
Daniel L. Marks, Urbana, IL (US);
Kenneth S. Suslick, Champaign, IL (US);
Farah Jean-jacques Toublan, Urbana, IL (US);
Inventors:
Stephen A. Boppart, Champaign, IL (US);
Daniel L. Marks, Urbana, IL (US);
Kenneth S. Suslick, Champaign, IL (US);
Farah Jean-Jacques Toublan, Urbana, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of enhancing the contrast of an image of a sample, comprises forming an image of a mixture, by exposing the mixture to electromagnetic radiation. The mixture comprises the sample and microparticles. The enhancement is particularly suitable for optical coherence tomography.