Stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy system

    公开(公告)号:US10725275B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-28

    申请号:US13522038

    申请日:2011-01-13

    IPC分类号: G02B21/00 G01N21/64

    摘要: The invention discloses an optical microscopy system (10) for stimulated emission depletion (STED) of an object (O). An optical element (6) is applied for focusing a first excitation (1) and a second depletion (2) beam on the object thereby defining a common optical path (OP) for both the first and the second beam. A phase modifying member (5) is inserted in the common optical path (OP), and the phase modifying member is optically arranged for leaving the wavefront of the first beam substantially unchanged, and for changing the wavefront of the second beam (2′) so as to create an undepleted region of interest (ROI) in the object. The first beam and the second beam have a common optical path because the phase modifying member adapts the wavefront or phase in such a way that it has no effect on the first beam, while on the second beam it gives rise to a wavefront, or phase change, resulting in a depleted region in the object (e.g. to the donut shaped spot) at the focal plane. The invention facilitates smaller and/or improved optical designs for STED microscopy; this is particularly relevant for medical in-vivo imaging, e.g. endoscopes and catheters.

    Classification of tumor tissue with a personalized threshold
    113.
    发明授权
    Classification of tumor tissue with a personalized threshold 有权
    具有个性化阈值的肿瘤组织分类

    公开(公告)号:US09498136B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-22

    申请号:US14112555

    申请日:2012-04-10

    IPC分类号: A61B5/00 A61B1/00 G01N21/64

    摘要: The present invention deals with discrimination of malignant tissue from normal and benign tissue in a single patient on the basis of optical spectroscopic measurements. Starting from spectroscopic measurements in normal tissue, reference values are obtained for the normal class. With spectroscopic measurements in other tissues data points can be assigned to new class(es) when the spectral characteristics fall outside a threshold defining the reference class. Thresholds between different classes can also be defined. Finding (the transition to) malignant tissue is based on comparing the spectroscopic values to the classification threshold discriminating normal and benign versus malignant tissue. Thus, the basis of normal spectroscopic measurements is tuned to the individual patient characteristic. Discriminating the normal plus benign and malignant from that reference is more efficient compared to the reference of the all patient database.

    摘要翻译: 本发明基于光学光谱测量法处理单个患者中恶性组织与正常和良性组织的鉴别。 从正常组织中的光谱测量开始,获得正常类的参考值。 通过在其他组织中的光谱测量,当光谱特性落在定义参考类的阈值之外时,可以将数据点分配给新类。 也可以定义不同类之间的阈值。 寻找(过渡到)恶性组织是基于将光谱值与鉴别正常和良性与恶性组织的分类阈值进行比较。 因此,正常光谱测量的基础被调整到个体患者的特征。 与所有患者数据库的参考相比,从该参考文献中区分正常和良性和恶性的效果更高。

    NEEDLE DEVICE WITH AN OPTICAL FIBER INTEGRATED IN A MOVABLE INSERT
    115.
    发明申请
    NEEDLE DEVICE WITH AN OPTICAL FIBER INTEGRATED IN A MOVABLE INSERT 有权
    具有整合在可移动插件中的光纤的针装置

    公开(公告)号:US20140213911A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-31

    申请号:US14342442

    申请日:2012-09-07

    IPC分类号: A61B5/00

    摘要: A needle device according to the invention comprises a hollow shaft, an elongated insert and an operating means. The hollow shaft has a first distal end portion with a bevel, the elongated insert has a second distal end portion and is movably arranged within the hollow shaft, and the operating means is shiftable between a first condition and a second condition. Furthermore, the operating means is interconnected with the elongated insert, so that the second distal end portion is located within the hollow shaft and proximally to the bevel, when the operating means is in the first condition, and that the second distal end portion is located outside the hollow shaft and distally to the bevel, when the operating means is in the second condition.

    摘要翻译: 根据本发明的针装置包括中空轴,细长插入件和操作装置。 空心轴具有带斜面的第一远端部分,细长插入件具有第二远端部分,并且可移动地布置在中空轴内,并且操作装置可在第一状态和第二状态之间移动。 此外,操作装置与细长插入件互连,使得当操作装置处于第一状态时,第二远端部分位于空心轴内并且向近侧位于斜面,并且第二远端部分位于 当操作装置处于第二状态时,在空心轴之外并且远离斜面。

    Capsule camera with variable illumination of the surrounding tissue
    116.
    发明授权
    Capsule camera with variable illumination of the surrounding tissue 有权
    胶囊相机与周围组织可变照明

    公开(公告)号:US08771176B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-08

    申请号:US12374506

    申请日:2007-04-12

    IPC分类号: A61B1/06

    摘要: The application relates to an ingestible capsule and method for in vivo imaging and/or treatment of one or more diseased areas of interest within the gastrointestinal tract of an animal or human being. The capsule comprises an image sensor; a lens system for focusing images onto the image sensor; at least one light source for illumination of the tissue area of interest, the at least one light source optionally being capable of providing optical therapeutic treatment to the diseased areas; a variable lens system located in front of the at least one light source, wherein the variable lens system comprises beam steering means and focusing means for directing and focusing the light beams from the at least one light source onto the diseased tissue areas, —a control unit in communication with the image sensor, the at least one light source, and variable lens system, a power source for powering the image sensor, the at least one light source and the control unit; and a non-digestible, transparent outer protective shell configured to pass through the gastrointestinal tract, housing within the image sensor, the lens system, the at least one light source, the variable lens system, the control unit and the power source.

    摘要翻译: 本申请涉及用于体内成像和/或治疗在动物或人的胃肠道内的一个或多个感兴趣的感兴趣区域的可摄取胶囊和方法。 胶囊包括图像传感器; 用于将图像聚焦到图像传感器上的透镜系统; 用于照射所述组织区域的至少一个光源,所述至少一个光源任选地能够向所述患病区域提供光学治疗性治疗; 位于所述至少一个光源前面的可变透镜系统,其中所述可变透镜系统包括光束转向装置和用于将来自所述至少一个光源的光束引导和聚焦到所述病变组织区域上的聚焦装置, - 控制 与图像传感器,至少一个光源和可变透镜系统连通的单元,用于为图像传感器供电的电源,至少一个光源和控制单元; 以及构造成穿过胃肠道,容纳在图像传感器,透镜系统,至少一个光源,可变透镜系统,控制单元和电源中的不可消化,透明的外保护壳。

    Higher order dispersion compensation device
    119.
    发明授权
    Higher order dispersion compensation device 有权
    高阶色散补偿装置

    公开(公告)号:US08655184B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-18

    申请号:US12993264

    申请日:2009-05-20

    IPC分类号: H04B10/12

    摘要: The present invention relates to a higher-order dispersion compensation device (210), the device being adapted to cooperate with a pair of optical components (P1, P2), e.g. a pair of prisms, being arranged to compensate first-order dispersion by separating different wavelengths spatially. The compensation device (210) has the form of a phase plate, wherein the phase change for each wavelength is adjusted by designing the height (h) at the corresponding position (x) of the plate so as to substantially compensate for higher-order dispersion. The invention is advantageous for obtaining a higher-order dispersion compensation device which is relatively simple to construct and use making it a quite cost-effective device. The invention also relates to a corresponding optical system and method for compensating dispersion where this is important, e.g. in a multiple-photon imaging system.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种高阶色散补偿装置(210),该装置适于与一对光学部件(P1,P2)配合,例如, 一对棱镜被布置成通过在空间上分离不同波长来补偿一阶色散。 补偿装置(210)具有相位板的形式,其中通过设计板的对应位置(x)处的高度(h)来调整每个波长的相位变化,以便基本上补偿高阶色散 。 本发明有利于获得相对简单的构造和使用的高阶色散补偿装置,使其成为一种相当具有成本效益的装置。 本发明还涉及一种相应的光学系统和方法,用于补偿这一点很重要的色散。 在多光子成像系统中。