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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2004
Applicants:
Olga Pawluczyk, Conestogo, Ontario, CA;
Cameron Piron, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Inventors:
Olga Pawluczyk, Conestogo, Ontario, CA;
Cameron Piron, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An instrument for verification of presence of image enhancing, contrasting agent in a biopsy sample which was obtained by imaging the lesion area with an imaging modality which is sensitive to the contrasting agent. In one embodiment of the invention, an optical spectrometer is used to analyze biopsy samples for the presence of gadolinium enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging contrasting agent which typically pools in breast tumors.