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US 6,274,086 B1Granted
Apparatus for non-invasive imaging oxygen distribution in multi-dimensions
AssigneeThe Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
InventorsDavid F. Wilson, Sergei A. Vinogradov
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Abstract
A detection device for three-dimensional tissue oxygen measurement in animals and humans comprising an array of fiber optics effective for transmitting emitted phosphorescent light, and further comprising an array of phosphorescent detectors and an excitation light emitter, forming a matrix and effective for sequential introduction of pulses of excitation light from a plurality of sites in said matrix.
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A detection device for tissue oxygen measurement in animals and humans comprising:
- an array of fiber optic means effective for transmitting excitation light;
- an array of fiber optic means effective for collecting and transmitting emitted phosphorescent light;
- an array of phosphorescent detection means;
- wherein the arrays form a matrix means, by which pulses of excitation light are sequentially introduced from, and phosphorescence detected at, a plurality of sites within the matrix.
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