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Title: Multi-channel medical imaging system

Abstract

A medical imaging system provides simultaneous rendering of visible light and fluorescent images. The system may employ dyes in a small-molecule form that remain in a subject's blood stream for several minutes, allowing real-time imaging of the subject's circulatory system superimposed upon a conventional, visible light image of the subject. The system may provide an excitation light source to excite the fluorescent substance and a visible light source for general illumination within the same optical guide used to capture images. The system may be configured for use in open surgical procedures by providing an operating area that is closed to ambient light. The systems described herein provide two or more diagnostic imaging channels for capture of multiple, concurrent diagnostic images and may be used where a visible light image may be usefully supplemented by two or more images that are independently marked for functional interest.

Inventors:
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1250471
Patent Number(s):
9326666
Application Number:
14/082,899
Assignee:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, MA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61K - PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES
DOE Contract Number:  
FG02-01ER63188
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Nov 18
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Frangioni, John V. Multi-channel medical imaging system. United States: N. p., 2016. Web.
Frangioni, John V. Multi-channel medical imaging system. United States.
Frangioni, John V. Tue . "Multi-channel medical imaging system". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1250471.
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abstractNote = {A medical imaging system provides simultaneous rendering of visible light and fluorescent images. The system may employ dyes in a small-molecule form that remain in a subject's blood stream for several minutes, allowing real-time imaging of the subject's circulatory system superimposed upon a conventional, visible light image of the subject. The system may provide an excitation light source to excite the fluorescent substance and a visible light source for general illumination within the same optical guide used to capture images. The system may be configured for use in open surgical procedures by providing an operating area that is closed to ambient light. The systems described herein provide two or more diagnostic imaging channels for capture of multiple, concurrent diagnostic images and may be used where a visible light image may be usefully supplemented by two or more images that are independently marked for functional interest.},
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year = {Tue May 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
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