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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2011
Applicants:
Andrew Dunn, Austin, TX (US);
William James Tom, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Dunn, Austin, TX (US);
William James Tom, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/026 (2006.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/48 (2013.01); A61B 5/02028 (2013.01); A61B 5/0059 (2013.01); A61B 5/7257 (2013.01); A61B 5/0261 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of imaging are provided. In some embodiments, the methods may comprise obtaining a raw speckle image of a sample, converting the raw speckle image to a laser speckle contrast image using a laser speckle contrast algorithm, and converting a laser speckle contrast image to a relative correlation time image using a relative correlation time algorithm.