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US 11,980,441 B2Granted
Configurable platform
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsJohn Josef Paul Fengler, Robert Anthony Stead
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Abstract
An image sensor assembly includes at least one upconverter configured to detect light in a NIR waveband that is received from an object to be imaged and generate, based on the detected light, upconverted light that is outside of the NIR waveband; and at least one image sensor configured to detect the upconverted light.
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An image sensor assembly for imaging tissue comprising:
- at least one upconverter configured to:
- detect fluorescence emission light in a near-infrared (NIR) waveband that is received from tissue to be imaged and generate, based on the detected fluorescence emission light, upconverted light that is outside of the NIR waveband, and
- transmit at least a portion of visible light that is reflected from the tissue to be imaged;
- and
- at least one image sensor configured to detect the upconverted light for generating at least one fluorescence emission image of the tissue and detect the transmitted visible light for generating at least one reflected visible light image of the tissue.
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A method for imaging tissue comprising:
- detecting, by an upconverter, fluorescence emission light in a near-infrared (NIR) waveband that is received from tissue to be imaged;
- generating, by the upconverter based on the detected fluorescence emission light, upconverted light that is outside of the NIR waveband, and
- transmitting, by the upconverter, at least a portion of visible light that is reflected from the tissue to be imaged;
- and
- detecting the upconverted light and the transmitted visible light by at least one image sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.