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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
May. 03, 2005
Marjolein Van Der Voort, Valdenswaard, NL;
Bernardus Leonardus Bakker, Nijmegen, NL;
Gerald Lucassen, Eindhoven, NL;
Hendrikus Antonius Cornelus Maria Compen, Budel, NL;
Michael Cornelis Van Beek, Eindhoven, NL;
Wouter Harry Jacinth Rensen, Eindhoven, NL;
Marjolein Van Der Voort, Valdenswaard, NL;
Bernardus Leonardus Bakker, Nijmegen, NL;
Gerald Lucassen, Eindhoven, NL;
Hendrikus Antonius Cornelus Maria Compen, Budel, NL;
Michael Cornelis Van Beek, Eindhoven, NL;
Wouter Harry Jacinth Rensen, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A measurement head has an objective for imaging of a target area such as including a capillary vessel in the skin. The measurement head does not require a lateral shifting of the optical axis of the objective. Transverse relative movements between the objective and a capillary vessel in the skin are performed by mechanically shifting the skin with respect to the objective of the measurement head. Moreover, the measurement head is adapted to host one or more pressure sensors for measuring the contact pressure between the measurement head and the skin. Pressure information may be exploited in order to calibrate a spectroscopic analyzer, and/or to regulate the contact pressure within predefined margins specifying an optimum range of contact pressure for spectroscopic examination of capillary vessels.