Patent ID: 11864956
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 9:
10. A method of visualizing a tissue, comprising:
illuminating, by at least one of a plurality of light sources, a tissue in a first manner by projecting a pattern of light onto a surface of the tissue;
receiving, by at least one optical sensor, light reflected from the surface of the tissue illuminated in the first manner;
calculating, by a processor, first imaging data based on the light reflected from the surface of the tissue illuminated in the first manner, wherein the first imaging data comprise a three-dimensional image of one or more surface features of the tissue illuminated in the first manner;
illuminating, by at least one of the plurality of light sources, the tissue in a second manner by illuminating the tissue with a plurality of emitted light waves, wherein each of the plurality of emitted light waves has a unique light spectrum, and wherein at least one of the plurality of emitted light waves has a light spectrum configured based on a spectral signature of one or more subsurface critical anatomic structures of the tissue;
receiving, by at least one optical sensor, light reflected from the tissue illuminated in the second manner;
calculating, by the processor, second imaging data based on the light reflected from the tissue illuminated in the second manner, wherein the second imaging data comprise an image of the one or more subsurface critical anatomic structures of the tissue illuminated in the second manner; and
displaying, on at least one display device, a combination of the first imaging data and the second imaging data.