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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2005
Mark F. Hopkins, Tucson, AZ (US);
Yashvinder Sabharwal, Tucson, AZ (US);
Cynthia Vernold, Tucson, AZ (US);
Mark F. Hopkins, Tucson, AZ (US);
Yashvinder Sabharwal, Tucson, AZ (US);
Cynthia Vernold, Tucson, AZ (US);
Roper Industries, Inc., Sarasota, FL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed for multi-mode spectral imaging. In one embodiment, the present invention comprises the steps of illuminating an object with a modified illumination profile, producing a reflected, transmitted or fluorescence image of the illuminated object, scanning the object, and re-imaging the reflected, transmitted or fluorescence light after modifying the light's optical state. The present invention preferably works in conjunction with other imaging systems to provide both high-spectral resolution images with lower temporal resolution and multiple image acquisition with high temporal resolution.