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Surgery > Diagnostic Testing > Detecting Nuclear, Electromagnetic, Or Ultrasonic Radiation > Infrared Radiation Infrared RadiationInfrared Radiation patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.12/14/06 - 20060281994 - Method of judging degree of hair damage The present invention relates to a method of noninvasively and quantitatively evaluating a degree of a hair damage, specifically the degree of a hair damage caused by a permanent treatment and/or the degree of a damage caused by an oxidation treatment. The degree of a damage of a hair, whose ... 12/07/06 - 20060276713 - Invasive chemometry The invention relates to methods and devices for assessing one or more components of a selected tissue in an animal. The present invention permits non-invasive assessment of tissue components in a body structure containing multiple tissue types by assessing multiple regions of the animal's body for an optical characteristic of ... 11/23/06 - 20060264760 - Near infrared transrectal probes for prostate cancer detection and prognosis A multi-channel, near infrared (NIR) imaging system comprising one or more optical fiber bundles; and a transrectal NIR probe having an outer material, wherein the optical fiber bundle is integrated into the transrectal probe (an end-fire or a side-fire NIR probe). The outer material is preferably rubber-like silicon or made ... 10/26/06 - 20060241492 - Method for medical imaging and a medical imaging system To improve medical imaging with the aid of an intravascular catheter, an area to be examined is irradiated with the infrared light and an assigned scatter light signal is processed to form an image. To do this, OCT imaging with the aid of tissue-permeable light at a wavelength of approximately ... 10/26/06 - 20060241491 - Method and apparatus of signal processing for use in spectrometry using an improved apodization function A method and apparatus is disclosed for signal spectrometry using an improved apodization function. Such method and apparatus involve (i) obtaining sample and reference time domain waveforms; (ii) applying sample and reference apodization waveforms to the sample and reference time domain waveforms, such that substantially same weight is applied to ... 10/19/06 - 20060235308 - System for dark-field imaging of target areas below an object surface A monitoring system for dark-field imaging of a target area (72) below a surface (70) of an object, e.g., capillary vessel under the surface of the skin of a patient, comprises an illumination optical system (31), an imaging system (35), and a selective optical interception system for suppressing illumination light ... 08/03/06 - 20060173351 - System and method for inserting a needle into a blood vessel A needle insertion system and method. The insertion system includes an imaging system and a needle. The imaging system includes at least one infrared emitter an infrared detector, a computing unit, a display device, and a power source. The method includes the steps of preparing a body target area, putting ... 07/13/06 - 20060155194 - Method for detecting occlusions and leakages in subcutaneous blood vessels Methods for detecting occlusions and leakages in subcutaneous blood vessels. The method is performed using an infrared imaging system having at least one infrared emitter, an infrared detector, a computing unit, a display, and a power source. The method includes preparing a body target area, supplying power from to the ... 07/13/06 - 20060155193 - Visible-near infrared spectroscopy in burn injury assessment A non-invasive method of characterizing burn injuries using near infrared spectroscopy is described. In the method, a beam of light is emitted into the burnt tissue portion at two or more different tissue depths. The spectra are then compared using multivariate analysis to determine diagnostic regions of the spectra. This ... 07/06/06 - 20060149150 - Apparatus and method for acquiring time-resolved measurements utilizing direct digitization of the temporal point spread function of the detected light An apparatus for acquiring time-resolved measurements from a sample from optical scanning comprises pulsed laser light directed to the sample; a first detector disposed to detect the light after exiting from the sample, the detected light being in the form of a first temporal point spread function (TPSF); a first ... 07/06/06 - 20060149149 - Medical sensor The present invention relates to a medical sensor (1) for measuring pulse, blood, tissue and/or skin parameters by means of electromagnetic waves in the transmission or reflection method. The sensor (1) has a strip- and/or band-shaped carrier part (2) which carries at least one transmitter element and at least one ... 06/29/06 - 20060142661 - Near-infrared spectroscopic tissue imaging for medical applications Near infrared imaging using elastic light scattering and tissue autofluorescence are explored for medical applications. The approach involves imaging using cross-polarized elastic light scattering and tissue autofluorescence in the Near Infra-Red (NIR) coupled with image processing and inter-image operations to differentiate human tissue components. ... 06/08/06 - 20060122515 - Projection of subsurface structure onto an object's surface An imaging system illuminates an object with infrared light to enhance visibility of buried structure beneath the surface of the object, and projects a visible light image of the buried structure onto the surface of the object. The system may include an infrared light source for generating the infrared light ... 05/11/06 - 20060100523 - Noninvasive blood vessel location device and method A handheld device for sensing and indicating the location of a blood vessel, and marking the skin adjacent to the blood vessel. The operation of the device is based on determining the difference in signal transfer amplitude between two partially overlapping infrared light paths, and moving the device until this ... 04/27/06 - 20060089553 - Method and apparatus for investigating histology of epithelial tissue A method for monitoring the presence of selected chromophores in a sample of epithelial tissue, independent of the amount of a predetermined chromophore, the method comprising: illuminating an area of tissue by projecting light from a light source of at least two different wavelengths λ1, λ2; receiving light remitted by ... 04/13/06 - 20060079789 - Apparatus and method for measuring fat A method and apparatus for measuring fat thickness in a target body part are provided. The apparatus includes a light emitter emitting near infrared rays, an inner reflector having a reflecting plane outside to reflect the near infrared rays emitted by the light emitter, an outer reflector surrounding the inner ... 02/23/06 - 20060041198 - Biological information arithmetic apparatus, biological information arithmetic method, computer-executable program, and recording medium An optical fat thickness meter includes a light source section which is provided on a measuring surface and which emits light to a living body, a photoreception section which is provided on the measuring surface, and which receives the light passing the living body, a protruding section which is provided ... 01/26/06 - 20060020212 - Portable vein locating device A portable vein locating device includes one or more infrared illuminators for transmission through a patient's skin of infrared light and a vein imaging module for determining the location of a vein beneath the skin by detecting the absence of backscattered infrared light. As the device is passed over a ... 12/29/05 - 20050288592 - Light measurement system for living body Disclosed is a method for measuring light in a living body and capable of discriminating the size in activation brain areas. Two diamond-shaped probes alternately installed spatially for a light source or a light detector, and a second light source or light detector are installed between a first light source ... 12/29/05 - 20050288591 - Optical fat measuring device In an optical fat measuring apparatus, after a waveguide has been placed opposite a light source and a light receiving section, a reference value for the predetermined quantity of light received predetermined for each light receiving section is compared with the quantity of received light which has been guided from ... 09/15/05 - 20050203419 - Side-firing probe for performing optical spectroscopy during core needle biopsy A needle biopsy includes the step of inserting an optical spectroscopy probe in the needle and gathering optical information through a window formed in the side of the needle at its distal end. The optical probe includes an illumination optical fiber which conveys light to the tissues adjacent the side ... 09/08/05 - 20050197579 - Method and apparatus for optical detection of mixed venous and arterial blood pulsation in tissue A method and device for detecting the presence of mixed venous and arterial blood pulsation in tissue, including receiving first and second electromagnetic radiation signals from a blood perfused tissue portion corresponding to infrared and red wavelengths of light, obtaining a measure of a phase difference between the first and ... 08/04/05 - 20050171434 - Chromophore probes for optical imaging Chromophore probes that are capable of being taken up by, retained by or bound to a biocompatible molecule to form an imaging construct are provided. Various activation strategies of the resulting imaging construct are also provided. ... 08/04/05 - 20050171433 - Multi-functional plasmon-resonant contrast agents for optical coherence tomography A method of forming an image of a sample, comprising: forming an image of a mixture, by exposing the mixture to electromagnetic radiation; wherein the mixture comprises the sample and plasmon-resonant nanoparticles, and wherein the electromagnetic radiation is in the frequency range of infra-red to ultraviolet light. ... 07/21/05 - 20050159662 - Methods for assessing a physiological state of a mammalian retina In one aspect the present invention provides methods for assessing a physiological state of a mammalian retina in vivo, the methods of this aspect of the invention each include the steps of: (a) irradiating a portion of a mammalian retina, in vivo, with light having a wavelength in the range ... 07/14/05 - 20050154317 - Apparatus and method for detecting an acupoint or other site of interest In an apparatus for detecting an acupoint using an intensity of biophotons emitted from a living system in response to magnetic field stimuli, and a method for detecting an acupoint, the apparatus includes a magnetic field application unit for applying a magnetic field to a predetermined site of the living ... 07/14/05 - 20050154316 - Device for and method of measuring blood flow using bio-photon emission A device for and a method of measuring a blood flow of a living body having blood vessels that emit bio-photons and through which blood flows, the device including a detector positioned adjacent to a predetermined portion of the living body for measuring a bio-photon emission from the living body ... 06/30/05 - 20050143662 - Optical imaging of subsurface anatomical structures and biomolecules The present invention provides various methods/systems of optical imaging of subsurface anatomical structures and biomolecules utilizing red and infrared radiant energy. Also provided are various applications of such methods/systems in medical diagnosis and treatment. ... 06/30/05 - 20050143661 - Identification information creation apparatus and identification apparatus To propose an identification information creation apparatus offering improved reliability. This invention provides: an imaging means for imaging a unique in vivo imaging target existing inside a body; an optimization means for adjusting the imaging condition of the imaging means to be optimal for the in vivo imaging target and/or ... 06/16/05 - 20050131303 - Optical system for measuring metabolism in a body and imaging method In an optical measurement system and imaging method adapted to measure in vivo information in a living body without harming the living body, light rays of a plurality of wavelengths which are modulated in intensity with a plurality of different frequencies are irradiated on a plurality of irradiation positions on ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |