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- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for quantitative hyperspectral fluorescence and reflectance imaging for surgical guidance
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Application No.: US16443760Application Date: 2019-06-17
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Publication No.: US11656448B2Publication Date: 2023-05-23
- Inventor: Pablo A. Valdes , David W. Roberts , Keith D. Paulsen , Frederic Leblond
- Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
- Applicant Address: US NH Hanover
- Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
- Current Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
- Current Assignee Address: US NH Hanover
- Agency: Lathrop GPM LLP
- Main IPC: G02B21/06
- IPC: G02B21/06 ; G02B21/36 ; A61B1/06

Abstract:
An imaging system includes an illumination device for illuminating a target. A surgical microscope receives light from the target, the surgical microscope comprising at least one optical output port at which at least a portion of the received light is provided as an output from the surgical microscope. A tunable filter receives the portion of the received light provided as the output from the surgical microscope, the tunable filter being tunable to pass a filtered portion of the received light, the filtered portion of the received light having a plurality of wavelengths selected by the tunable filter and provided as output from the tunable filter. A high-resolution, broad-bandwidth electronic camera receives the light of a plurality of wavelengths selected by the tunable filter, the electronic camera converting the light of a plurality of wavelengths selected by the tunable filter to a plurality of electrical signals. A processor processes the plurality of electrical signals to form an image of the target.
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