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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2011
Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Jeroen Jan Lambertus Horikx, Eindhoven, NL;
Gerhardus Wilhelmus Lucassen, Eindhoven, NL;
Rami Nachabe, Eindhoven, NL;
Marjolein Van Der Voort, Eindhoven, NL;
Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Jeroen Jan Lambertus Horikx, Eindhoven, NL;
Gerhardus Wilhelmus Lucassen, Eindhoven, NL;
Rami Nachabe, Eindhoven, NL;
Marjolein Van Der Voort, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus, a method and a computer program for determining a lipid-water ratio and a scattering parameter of a sample. In particular, the invention relates to an apparatus comprising a light source and a detector arranged to measure an optical parameter at various wavelengths, where the wavelengths are selected so that at two of the wavelengths the absorption coefficients for both water and lipids are substantially identical. This enables determination of a scattering parameter. A further measurement at a third wavelength enables determination of a water-lipid ratio. According to a specific embodiment, the light source and the detector are arranged in relation to an interventional device, so as to be able to examine a tissue in terms of lipid-water ratio and scattering during an intervention.