Omid Masihzadeh

US Patent:

20130149734, Jun 13, 2013

Filed:

May 31, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/700682

Inventors:

David Ammar - Denver CO, US
Malik Kahook - Denver CO, US
Tim Lei - Thornton CO, US
Emily Gibson - Boulder CO, US
Omid Masihzadeh - Lakewood CO, US
Naresh Mandava - Denver CO, US

Assignee:

The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate - Denver CO

International Classification:

A61B 3/00
G01N 21/65
G01N 21/64

US Classification:

435 29, 600476, 2504581, 356 73, 2504591

Abstract:

A multimodal method for imaging tissue comprising: aligning an excitation light source with at least a portion of the tissue; selecting at least two modalities of image acquisition; imaging the tissue portion with each of the modalities of image acquisition; and constructing a dual mode image using images from each of the modalities of image acquisition. A multimodal system for imaging tissue comprising: an excitation light source or light sources; an optical and alignment system for directing the excitation beam or beams to a sample and receiving an emission beam from the sample; at least one detector for receiving the emission beam from the sample; and a spectral filtering or dispersing device for providing at least two imaging modalities at the at least one detector; and a processor for analyzing the detected emission beam and constructing a dual mode image using images from each of the modalities of image acquisition.