Laser speckle contrast imaging system and applications of same

Abstract

An imaging system for viability assessment of a tissue of a living subject includes a light source for emitting a beam of light; a light delivery member coupled to the light source for delivering the beam of light onto a tissue surface of the living subject to illuminate the tissue surface; a light collection member configured to collect light from the illuminated tissue surface responsive to the illumination; a detector coupled to the collection member for acquiring images of the light from the illuminated tissue surface; and a controller arranged to operate the detector to acquire the images of the light from the illuminated tissue surface, receive the acquired images from the detector, and process the acquired images t for the intraoperative assessment of tissue viability.

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