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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2011
Gabriel Nestor Sanchez, Stanford, CA (US);
Scott L. Delp, Stanford, CA (US);
Mark J. Schnitzer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael E. Llewellyn, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gabriel Nestor Sanchez, Stanford, CA (US);
Scott L. Delp, Stanford, CA (US);
Mark J. Schnitzer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael E. Llewellyn, Palo Alto, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior Univerity, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Biological tissue such as skeletal and cardiac muscle can be imaged by using an objective-based probe in the tissue and scanning at a sufficiently fast rate to mitigate motion artifacts due to physiological motion. According to one example embodiment, such a probe is part of a system that is capable of reverse-direction high-resolution imaging without needing to stain or otherwise introduce a foreign element used to generate or otherwise increase the sensed light. The probe can include a light generator for generating light pulses that are directed towards structures located within the thick tissue. The system can additionally include aspects that lessen adverse image-quality degradation. Further, the system can additionally be constructed as a hand-held device.