Patent ID: 9585556
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01B

Claim:
1. A system for multimodal hyperspectral imaging a subject, the system comprising: two imaging paths, a scanning beam optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging path and a hyperspectral digital imaging path, wherein the scanning beam OCT imaging path comprises: a source of broadband optical radiation; a beamsplitter dividing the source of broadband optical radiation into a reference path and a sample path; and a beamsplitter that mixes source light reflected from the subject in the sample path with source light returned from a reference reflector in the reference path to create a wavelength dependent interferogram directed along a detection path to a detection module; wherein the hyperspectral digital imaging path comprises: wherein a ring of illumination is coaxial with the scanning beam OCT imaging path over a region where the scanning beam OCT imaging path and the digital imaging path are in common; and wherein the digital image acquisition includes the acquisition of a series of monochrome images responsive to selected wavelengths.