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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Lightpoint Medical Limited, Chesham, GB;
Inventors:
David Tuch, Hertfordshire, GB;
Nicholas Collier, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Kunal Vyas, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Euan Morrison, Cambridgshire, GB;
Assignee:
LIGHTPOINT MEDICAL LIMITED, Chesham, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01T 1/22 (2006.01); G01N 23/04 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/043 (2013.01); A61B 5/0077 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); G01N 21/6428 (2013.01); G01N 23/046 (2013.01); G01T 1/22 (2013.01); G01N 2223/419 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus for optical imaging of Cerenkov luminescence from an object subsequent to the object receiving a dose of a radiopharmaceutical, the apparatus comprising: a light tight enclosure within which the object can be received at a sample location; an imaging means; a means to mitigate direct particle impingement between the sample location and the imaging means; and one or more optical elements for transmitting Cerenkov photons from within the light tight enclosure to the imaging means.