Techniques for composition identification of an anatomical target
AssigneeGyrus ACMI, Inc. d/b/a Olympus Surgical Technologies America
InventorsSergey A. Bukesov, Kurt G. Shelton
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Abstract
Techniques for identifying composition of an anatomical target using a series of different colored light sources are provided. In an example, a method can include emitting light from multiple illumination sources, receiving an illumination response from an anatomical target at an optical sensor, providing an image representative of the anatomical target, and providing spectral intensity information of the illumination response in addition to the image. Each illumination source can emit light having a range of frequencies centered about a different frequency than each other illumination source.
Claims20
A target analysis system comprising:
- an illumination device configured to illuminate an anatomical target with illuminating light having different wavelengths and being configured to produce the illuminating light such that a time average of the illuminating light, as perceptible by a human eye, appears as white light;
- at least one optical sensor configured to receive, as response illumination, a portion of the illuminating light that is detected from the anatomical target in response to the illuminating light from the illumination device;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- provide, based on the response illumination, spectral intensity information of the received response illumination;
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- determine, based at least in part on the spectral intensity information, a composition of the anatomical target.
A method for identifying a composition of an anatomical target, the method comprising:
- illuminating, with an illumination device, an anatomical target with illuminating light having different wavelengths, the illumination device producing the illuminating light such that a time average of the illuminating light, as perceptible by a human eye, appears as white light;
- receiving, with at least one optical sensor, as response illumination, a portion of the illuminating light that is detected from the anatomical target in response to the illuminating light from the illumination device;
- providing, with a controller, based on the response illumination, spectral intensity information of the received response illumination;
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- determining, with the controller, based at least in part on the spectral intensity information, a composition of the anatomical target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.