Measurements using camera sensor coupled to a chemical detection system

A measurement system comprising:

• one or more semiconductor diodes configured to operate in a pulsed mode and configured to generate a pulsed light having one or more optical wavelengths that includes at least one near-infrared wavelength, and wherein at least a portion of the pulsed light generated by the one or more semiconductor diodes is configured to illuminate bodily tissue;
• a detection system comprising a camera system, wherein the detection system is configured to be synchronized to the pulsed light generated by the one or more semiconductor diodes, and wherein the detection system further comprises one or more lenses and one or more spectral filters in front of at least a part of the camera system;
• the detection system configured to receive at least a portion of pulsed light generated by the one or more semiconductor diodes reflected from the bodily tissue, wherein the detection system is configured to generate data based at least in part on the portion of the pulsed light received, and the detection system is further coupled to a processor, wherein the processor is configured to be coupled to a non-transitory computer readable medium;
• wherein the measurement system including the processor is configured to generate an image using at least part of the data from the detection system;
• wherein the measurement system including the processor is further configured to be coupled to a chemical detection system comprising:
• an infrared light source comprising a thermal or lamp based source configured to emit one or more incoherent light beams;
• the infrared light source configured to be coupled to a multi-path spectroscopy system comprising a first arm and a second arm;
• wherein the first arm is configured to perform spectroscopy on a first gas by passing at least a first part of the one or more incoherent light beams through the first gas and then incident on a first spectral filter followed by a first detector to generate a first signal;
• wherein the second arm is configured to perform spectroscopy on a second gas by passing at least a second part of the one of more incoherent light beams through the second gas and then incident on a second spectral filter followed by a second detector to generate a second signal;
• wherein the measurement system including the processor is further configured to process the first and second signals to generate information;
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• wherein the measurement system including the processor is configured to use at least a portion of the information and at least a portion of the image to generate an output.

A measurement system comprising:

• an array of laser diodes configured to generate light having an initial light intensity and one or more optical wavelengths, wherein at least a portion of the one or more optical wavelengths is a near-infrared wavelength between 700 nanometers and 2500 nanometers, wherein at least a portion of the array of laser diodes comprises one or more Bragg reflectors, and wherein the array of laser diodes is further coupled to driver electronics;
• a beam splitter configured to receive at least a portion of the light from the array of laser diodes and to direct at least some of the portion of the light from the array of laser diodes to bodily tissue, wherein the beam splitter is further configured to separate a received portion of the light into a plurality of spatially separated lights;
• a detection system comprising a camera system, wherein the detection system further comprises one or more lenses and one or more spectral filters in front of at least a part of the camera system, wherein the detection system is further coupled to a processor;
• wherein the detection system is configured to receive at least a portion of the plurality of spatially separated lights reflected from the bodily tissue
• and configured to capture a first image, and wherein the detection system is further configured to be synchronized to the at least a portion of the array of laser diodes comprising Bragg reflectors;
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• wherein the measurement system including the processor is further configured to be coupled to a chemical detection system comprising:
• an infrared light source comprising a thermal or lamp based source configured to emit one or more incoherent light beams;
• the infrared light source configured to be coupled to a multi-path spectroscopy system configured to perform spectroscopy on a first gas to generate a first signal, configured to perform spectroscopy on a second gas to generate a second signal, wherein the measurement system including the processor is further configured to process the first and second signals to generate information;
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• wherein the measurement system including the processor is configured to use at least a portion of the information and at least a portion of the first image to generate an output.