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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2008
Thomas Koehler, Norderstedt, DE;
Tim Nielsen, Hamburg, DE;
Bernhard Brendel, Hamburg, DE;
Andy Ziegler, Kelburn/Wellington, NZ;
Ronny Ziegler, Hamburg, DE;
Levinus Pieter Bakker, Shanghai, CN;
Martinus Bernardus Van Der Mark, Eindhoven, NL;
Thomas Koehler, Norderstedt, DE;
Tim Nielsen, Hamburg, DE;
Bernhard Brendel, Hamburg, DE;
Andy Ziegler, Kelburn/Wellington, NZ;
Ronny Ziegler, Hamburg, DE;
Levinus Pieter Bakker, Shanghai, CN;
Martinus Bernardus Van Der Mark, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A device () for imaging the interior of an optically turbid medium is provided. The device comprises a receptacle () structured to accommodate an optically turbid medium for examination and an optically matching medium filling a space between an inner surface () of the receptacle () and the optically turbid medium. The device comprises at least one light source generating light to be coupled into the receptacle () and at least one detector for detecting light emanating from the receptacle (). A coupling surface () optically coupled to the inner surface () of the receptacle and a coupling member () optically coupled to the light source and the detector are provided. The coupling surface () and the coupling member () are movable to a plurality of different positions relative to each other and structured to establish an optical connection from the light source to the inner surface () of the receptacle and from the inner surface () of the receptacle to the at least one detector in the plurality of different positions.