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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Kevin Woods, Atlanta, GA (US);
Brett Eugene Bouma, Qunicy, MA (US);
Guillermo J. Tearney, Cambridge, MA (US);
Dongkyun Kang, Somerville, MA (US);
Tao Wu, Cambridge, MA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
An exemplary apparatus for imaging at least one anatomical structure can be provided. For example, the apparatus can include an endoscopic first arrangement, a radiation source second arrangement which provides at least one electro-magnetic radiation, and a third arrangement attached to at least one portion of the endoscopic arrangement. The third arrangement can contain an optical arrangement which, upon impact by the at least one electro-magnetic radiation and based thereon, may transmit a first radiation and reflects a second radiation. The first radiation can impact at least one first portion of the anatomical structure(s), and the second radiation can impact at least one second portion of the anatomical structure(s). The first and second portions can be at least partially different from one another. Further, the first and second radiations can have characteristics which are different from one another.