Imaging Device for Biomedical Use
AssigneeBoise Statement University
InventorsJami Johnson, Kasper VanWijk
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Abstract
An imaging system that includes a light source configured to project a beam of light within a determined range of wavelengths onto an illumination area of a patient's skin and a detector configured to detect acoustic waves within a scan area of the patient's skin without contacting the patient's skin, wherein the scan area does not overlap the illumination area. In certain embodiments, the beam of light is a series of pulses of coherent light and the detector is an interferometer.
Claims20
An imaging system comprising:
- a light source configured to project a beam of light within a determined range of wavelengths onto an illumination area of a patient's skin;
- and
- a detector configured to detect acoustic waves within a scan area of the patient's skin without contacting the patient's skin, wherein the scan area does not overlap the illumination area.
A method of creating an image of a structure below a patient's skin, the method comprising the steps of:
- illuminating an illumination area of the patient's skin with a pulse of light;
- detecting the arrival of acoustic waves at the patient's skin within a scan area that does not overlap the illumination area;
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- analyzing the detected acoustic waves to create an image of the structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.