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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2005
Applicants:
Pavel Matousek, Oxfordshire, GB;
Anthony William Parker, Wiltshire, GB;
Inventors:
Pavel Matousek, Oxfordshire, GB;
Anthony William Parker, Wiltshire, GB;
Assignee:
The Science and Technology Facilities Council, Oxfordshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/44 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for determining, in-vivo, characteristics of sub-surface tissues or fluids in the human or animal body are disclosed. Incident radiation is supplied at one or more entry regions on a surface, and light is collected from one or more collection regions spaced from the entry regions. Raman features are detected in the collected light and depth related information derived therefrom.