Optical biopsy system and methods for tissue diagnosis

BT McMahon, CE Sievert Jr, SR Wilson… - US Patent …, 2001 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system characterizes tissue using? uorescence spectroscopy, such as
light-induced? uorescence. Native? uorescence (“auto? uorescence”) from endogenous …

Methods and apparatus for detecting the rejection of transplanted tissue

PD Whitehead, CE MacAulay, NB MacKinnon… - US Patent …, 2001 - Google Patents
Methods and apparatus for detecting the possible rejection of a transplanted tissue by a
host. The transplanted tissue is 358.1 Subjected to illumination with light to induce …

Three dimensional optical imaging colposcopy

JP Rolland, PJ Delfyett Jr - US Patent 5,921,926, 1999 - Google Patents
An optical coherence tomography (OCT) and spectral interferometry imaging probe for the
automatic screening and diagnosis of cervical and skin cancer in vivo. The probe eliminates …

Methods and apparatus for displaying diagnostic data

CE Griffin, C Jiang, JP Schott, KT Schomacker… - US Patent …, 2006 - Google Patents
The invention provides methods for displaying diagnostic results obtained from a tissue
sample. In general, the invention assigns tissue-class probability values to discrete regions …

Apparatus and methods relating to optical systems for diagnosis of skin diseases

H Zeng, H Lui, C MacAulay, B Palcic… - US Patent …, 2000 - Google Patents
Apparatus for diagnosis of a skin disease site using spectral analysis includes a light source
for generating light to illuminate the disease site and a probe unit optically connected to the …

Portable tissue spectroscopy apparatus and method

RJ Crowley, MA Hamm - US Patent 6,324,418, 2001 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A portable tissue SpectroScopy apparatus includes at least one light
Source, at least one light detector, a power Source and a controller module all disposed …

Three dimensional optical imaging colposcopy

JP Rolland, PJ Delfyett Jr - US Patent 6,141,577, 2000 - Google Patents
An optical coherence tomography (OCT) and spectral interferometry imaging probe for the
automatic screening and diagnosis of cervical and skin cancer in vivo. The probe eliminates …

Spectroscopic probe for in vivo measurement of Raman signals

A Mahadevan-Jansen, R Richards-Kortum… - US Patent …, 1998 - Google Patents
An optical probe is disclosed Which is suitable for rapidly measuring Raman spectra in vivo.
The probe is designed to minimize interfering Raman and? uorescence signals gen erated …

Spectroscopic method and apparatus for optically detecting abnormal mammalian epithelial tissue

R Richards-Kortum, N Ramanujam… - US Patent …, 2000 - Google Patents
To illustrate the advantages of the present invention fluorescence spectra were collected in
Vivo at colposcopy from 20 patients. Fluorescence spectra were measured from three to four …

Endofluorescence imaging module for an endoscope

RJ Crowley - US Patent 6,364,831, 2002 - Google Patents
An endofluorescence module is utilized with an interventional device insertible in a body to
provide at least one fluorescence excitation source. The module can be attached to the …