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Patent No.:

US 9304121 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 22, 2013

Method and apparatus for optical imaging via spectral encoding

Applicant:

The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Guillermo J. Tearney, Cambridge, MA (US);

Dvir Yelin, Brookline, MA (US);

Brett E. Bouma, Quincy, MA (US);

Assignee:

The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:

Andrews Kurth LLP

Primary Examiner:

Michael A Lyons

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 (2006.01); G01J 3/45 (2006.01); G01N 33/483 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01N 23/04 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); G01B 9/04 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01); G01N 21/27 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/4833 (2013.01); A61B 5/0062 (2013.01); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/0068 (2013.01); A61B 5/0073 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); A61B 5/6852 (2013.01); G01B 9/02 (2013.01); G01B 9/02027 (2013.01); G01B 9/02049 (2013.01); G01B 9/02064 (2013.01); G01B 9/02087 (2013.01); G01B 9/02091 (2013.01); G01B 9/04 (2013.01); G01N 21/25 (2013.01); G01N 21/27 (2013.01); G01N 21/4795 (2013.01); G01N 21/6458 (2013.01); G01N 21/6486 (2013.01); G01N 23/046 (2013.01); G02B 23/243 (2013.01); G02B 23/2423 (2013.01); G02B 23/2461 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01); A61B 5/0075 (2013.01); G01N 2021/1765 (2013.01); G01N 2223/419 (2013.01); G02B 21/0028 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method, apparatus and arrangement according an exemplary embodiment of the present invention can be provided for generating an image of at least one portion of an anatomical structure. For example, the portion can have an area greater than about 1 mm, and the image can have a resolution a transverse resolution that is below about 10 μm. For example, light can be scanned over such portion so as to generate first information which is related to the portion, where the light may be provided through a diffraction arrangement to generate a spectrally dispersed line. Method, apparatus and arrangement according to a further exemplary embodiment of the present invention can be provided for positioning a radiation or optical beam within an anatomical structure based on signals generated by scanning a portion of the structure using the same or a different beam.

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