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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
Applicants:
Anuradha Godavarty, Miami, FL (US);
Steven A. Regalado, Miami, FL (US);
Bhavani Jayachandran, Miami, FL (US);
Banghe Zhu, Miami, FL (US);
Inventors:
Anuradha Godavarty, Miami, FL (US);
Steven A. Regalado, Miami, FL (US);
Bhavani Jayachandran, Miami, FL (US);
Banghe Zhu, Miami, FL (US);
Assignee:
THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Miami, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); G02B 6/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); G01N 21/359 (2014.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01); G02B 6/08 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/06 (2013.01); A61B 5/0091 (2013.01); A61B 5/064 (2013.01); A61B 5/4312 (2013.01); G01N 21/359 (2013.01); G01N 21/474 (2013.01); G01N 21/4795 (2013.01); G02B 6/08 (2013.01); G01N 21/6456 (2013.01); G01N 2021/1787 (2013.01); G01N 2021/4742 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0221 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0826 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0833 (2013.01);
Abstract
The claimed method and system uses a hand-held based optical process to image large tissue volumes using a flexible probe head, increased data acquisition using multi-source illumination and multi-detector sensing, and tomographic reconstruction of sub-surface structures of a target object using ultrasonic tracking facilities.