US 2020/0367756 A1 · METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IN VIVO DETECTION OF ADIPOSE TISSUE BROWNING

Abstract

Provided are a system and a method for in vivo detection of adipose tissue browning. The system includes a fiber probe configured to illuminate light on an adipose tissue site; a spectrometer configured to obtain diffuse reflectance spectrum information from the adipose tissue site; a chromophore measure determining module configured to determine a fraction of lipid chromophore with respect to lipid chromophore and water chromophore based on spectrally unmixing the diffuse reflectance spectrum information in a region of 1050 nm to 1400 nm; and a browning detector module configured to detect adipose tissue browning based on the fraction determined above.

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A system for in vivo detection of adipose tissue browning, the system comprising:

a fiber probe configured to illuminate light on an adipose tissue site;
a spectrometer configured to obtain diffuse reflectance spectrum information based on diffuse reflected light from the adipose tissue site in response to the light illuminated thereon;
a memory;
and
at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to:
determine a quantitative measure of a first type of chromophore at the adipose tissue site based on spectrally unmixing the diffuse reflectance spectrum information;
and
detect adipose tissue browning at the adipose tissue site based on the quantitative measure of the first type of chromophore determined.

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Method and system for in vivo detection of adipose tissue browning

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Method and system for in vivo detection of adipose tissue browning

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Abstract

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