Medical imaging probe with rotary encoder

B Courtney, NR Munce, AS Thind, VXD Yang… - US Patent …, 2014‏ - Google Patents
The present invention provides minimally invasive imaging probe having an optical encoder
integrated therewith for accurately measuring or estimating the rotational Velocity near the …

Imaging probe with combined ultrasound and optical means of imaging

B Courtney, NR Munce, AS Thind, VXD Yang… - US Patent …, 2014‏ - Google Patents
The present invention provides an imaging probe for imaging mammalian tissues and
structures using high resolution imaging, including high frequency ultrasound and optical …

Scanning mechanisms for imaging probe

B Courtney, NR Munce, AS Thind, VXD Yang… - US Patent …, 2013‏ - Google Patents
The present invention provides scanning mechanisms for imaging probes using for imaging
mammalian tissues and structures using high resolution imaging, including high fre quency …

Low coherence interferometry for detecting and characterizing plaques

GA Alphonse - US Patent 7,242,480, 2007‏ - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method for determining a characteristic of tissue in a biological sample
comprising: directing light at the biologi cal sample at a first depth and receiving that light …

Scanning mechanisms for imaging probe

B Courtney, NR Munce, AS Thind, VXD Yang… - US Patent …, 2012‏ - Google Patents
The present invention provides scanning mechanisms for imaging probes for imaging
mammalian tissues and struc tures using high resolution imaging, including high frequency …

Low-coherence interferometry and optical coherence tomography for image-guided surgical treatment of solid tumors

SA Boppart, FT Nguyen, AM Zysk - US Patent 8,983,580, 2015‏ - Google Patents
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Methods and systems for optical imaging or epithelial luminal organs by beam scanning thereof

GJ Tearney, M Shishkov, BE Bouma, BJ Vakoc… - US Patent …, 2015‏ - Google Patents
Arrangements, apparatus, systems and systems are provided for obtaining data for at least
one portion within at least one luminal or hollow sample. The arrangement, system or appa …

MRI-guided medical interventional systems and methods

DJ Sayler, R Mazzei, KL Jenkins, P Piferi - US Patent 8,175,677, 2012‏ - Google Patents
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Phase-resolved functional optical coherence tomography: simultaneous imaging of the stokes vectors, structure, blood flow velocity, standard deviation and …

Z Chen, JS Nelson - US Patent 7,016,048, 2006‏ - Google Patents
System Simultaneously obtains the Stokes vectors, Structure, blood flow Velocity, Standard
deviation, and birefringence images in human skin. The multifunctional images were …

MRI surgical systems for real-time visualizations using MRI image data and predefined data of surgical tools

K Jenkins, P Piferi, PB Hotte, P Farberov… - US Patent …, 2012‏ - Google Patents
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