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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2011
Christoph Hauger, Aalen, DE;
Guido Hattendorf, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Peter Maxwell Delaney, Carnegie, AU;
Robert F. Spetzler, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Mark C. Preul, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Jennifer Eschbacher, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Peter Nakaji, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Christoph Hauger, Aalen, DE;
Guido Hattendorf, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Peter Maxwell Delaney, Carnegie, AU;
Robert F. Spetzler, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Mark C. Preul, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Jennifer Eschbacher, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Peter Nakaji, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Jena, DE;
Abstract
A method of detecting a brain tumor includes administering indocyanine green to a living body; exposing brain tissue in the living body; irradiating the exposed brain tissue with excitation light of indocyanine green; obtaining an image based on fluorescence of the excited indocyanine green in the brain tissue, wherein the image is obtained using an endomicroscope; and identifying portions of the brain tissue corresponding to the brain tumor based on the image.