EP 1372486 A2 20040102 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACROSCOPIC AND CONFOCAL IMAGING OF TISSUE
Title (en)
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACROSCOPIC AND CONFOCAL IMAGING OF TISSUE
Title (de)
SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN FÜR DIE MAKROSKOPISCHE UND KONFOKALE BILDDARSTELLUNG VON GEWEBE
Title (fr)
SYSTEME ET PROCEDE D'IMAGERIE MACROSCOPIQUE ET CONFOCALE DE TISSUS
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 0207173 W 20020308
- US 27488701 P 20010309
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO02073246A2] A system and method for imaging tissue samples is provided having a confocal microscope integrated with the confocal microscope. Such tissue samples may represent excised tissue from Moh's micrographic surgery. The system enables a user, such as a Moh's surgeon, to examine the low-resolution image of the tissue sample provided by the macroscope and identity sites that potentially appear to be abnormal, and then further examine the nuclear morphology of tissue at such sites in high-resolution images from the confocal microscope to detect the presence of abnormal tissue structures (cells), such as cancer. One or more agents such as acetic acid and calcein AM may be applied to the tissue sample to enhance the contrast of tissue structures in confocal and/or macroscopic images. Optics may be provided to enable the system to operate the macroscopic and confocal microscope in reflectance or fluorescence imaging modes.
[origin: WO02073246A2] A system (10) is having a confocal microscope integrated with a macroscope (12). The confocal microscope is capable of producing one or more confocal images of sections of tissue specimen or sample (14) on one or more displays (16).
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G02B 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G02B 21/0068 (2013.01); G02B 21/0072 (2013.01); G02B 21/0076 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 02073246A2
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 02073246 A2 20020919; WO 02073246 A3 20021114; AU 2002336277 B2 20060608; EP 1372486 A2 20040102
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 0207173 W 20020308; AU 2002336277 A 20020308; EP 02750591 A 20020308