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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2008
Paolo P. Provenzano, Madison, WI (US);
Patricia JO Keely, Madison, WI (US);
Kevin W. Eliceiri, Madison, WI (US);
John G. White, Madison, WI (US);
Paolo P. Provenzano, Madison, WI (US);
Patricia Jo Keely, Madison, WI (US);
Kevin W. Eliceiri, Madison, WI (US);
John G. White, Madison, WI (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
The present invention broadly provides methods and systems for detecting, identifying, and characterizing conditions, including diseases and other disorders in human or other animal subjects, by analyzing fluorescence from endogenous flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) fluorophors present in biological materials and samples. In particular embodiments, the invention relates to conditions of the human breast including cancers such as carcinoma. Methods and systems are provided for detecting, locating, and characterizing tumors and precancerous tissue via nonlinear optical imaging techniques capable of accurately characterizing fluorescence intensities and fluorescent lifetime parameters from endogenous FAD fluorophors present in a test tissue sample.