Tissue detection systems and methods

Abstract

A tissue detection system (10) includes an emitter (105) configured to generate an electromagnetic radiation signal for application to tissue, a detector (110) configured to detect fluorescence of the tissue responsive to application of the electromagnetic radiation signal to the tissue, and a controller (140) configured to detect a tissue of interest within the tissue based upon the detected fluorescence and to determine a confidence associated with the detection of the tissue of interest. If the determined confidence meets a threshold, the controller (140) is configured to output an indication of the detected tissue of interest. If, on the other hand, the determined confidence fails to meet the threshold, a computing device (300) is configured to at least one of: further detect the tissue of interest or confirm the detection of the tissue of interest.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.