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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
May. 04, 2012
Chung-chieh Yu, Tuscon, AZ (US);
Condon Lau, Cambridge, MA (US);
Stephen Fulghum, Marblehead, MA (US);
Christopher Fang-yen, Somerville, MA (US);
Ramachandra Dasari, Shererville, IN (US);
Michael Feld, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
David Feld, Newark, CA (US);
Alison Hearn, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Jonathan Feld, Somerville, MA (US);
Chung-Chieh Yu, Tuscon, AZ (US);
Condon Lau, Cambridge, MA (US);
Stephen Fulghum, Marblehead, MA (US);
Christopher Fang-yen, Somerville, MA (US);
Ramachandra Dasari, Shererville, IN (US);
Michael Feld, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a spectroscopic imaging system using autofluorescence and reflectance images to diagnose tissue. A preferred embodiment of the invention uses a plurality of light sources to illuminate a tissue region to provide the fluorescence and reflectance images, respectively.