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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Stephen A. Boppart, Champaign, IL (US);
Freddy T. Nguyen, Urbana, IL (US);
Adam M. Zysk, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Stephen A. Boppart, Champaign, IL (US);
Freddy T. Nguyen, Urbana, IL (US);
Adam M. Zysk, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/6852 (2013.01); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/415 (2013.01); A61B 5/418 (2013.01); A61B 5/7257 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of forming an image of tissue. The method includes beginning an invasive procedure on a patient exposing tissue. The method then includes acquiring OCT data from the exposed tissue and converting the OCT data into at least one image. The method also includes ending the invasive procedure after the converting of the data.