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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2005
Applicants:
Charles M. Dimarzio, Cambridge, MA (US);
William C. Warger, Ii, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Charles M. DiMarzio, Cambridge, MA (US);
William C. Warger, II, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/06 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A confocal reflectance microscope system incorporates a dual-wedge laser scanner assembly. The scanner assembly incorporates a pair of rotatably mounted prisms, each prism having an angle selected to deviate a light beam from a light source by a desired angle. Each prism is mounted for rotation at a desired speed of rotation and in a desired direction to scan the light beam over the target. An image is built up from successive reflected signals returned from the target.