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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2006
Bruce J. Tromberg, Irvine, CA (US);
Anthony J. Durkin, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
David Cuccia, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Frederic Bevilacqua, Paris, FR;
Bruce J. Tromberg, Irvine, CA (US);
Anthony J. Durkin, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
David Cuccia, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Frederic Bevilacqua, Paris, FR;
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
An improvement in a method for quantitative modulated imaging to perform depth sectioned reflectance or transmission imaging in a turbid medium, such as human or animal tissue is directed to the steps of encoding periodic pattern of illumination preferably with a fluorescent excitation wavelength when exposing a turbid medium to the periodic pattern to provide depth-resolved discrimination of structures within the turbid medium; and reconstructing a non-contact three dimensional image of the structure within a turbid medium. As a result, wide field imaging, separation of the average background optical properties from the heterogeneity components from a single image, separation of superficial features from deep features based on selection of spatial frequency of illumination, or qualitative and quantitative structure, function and composition information is extracted from spatially encoded data.