Patent ID: 9642532
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: A61B,G02B,G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. An imaging system for acquisition of NIR images and full-color images comprising: a light source providing visible light and NIR light to an area under observation, the visible light comprising blue illumination light, green illumination light, and red illumination light, the blue illumination light being reflected from the tissue as blue reflectance light, the green illumination light being reflected from the tissue as green reflectance light, and the red illumination light being reflected from the tissue as red reflectance light; a camera having one or more image sensors; a controller in signal communication with the light source and the camera for illuminating the area under observation with the blue illumination light continuously and illuminating the area under observation with the red illumination light and the NIR illumination light, wherein at least one of the red illumination light and NIR illumination light is switched on and off periodically according to a predetermined timing scheme, and wherein the imaging system is configured to generate the full-color reflectance and NIR images of the area under observation.