Patent ID: 9689661
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01B,G02B

Claim:
1. An apparatus, comprising: at least one source which is configured to provide at least one first radiation; at least one optical configuration which includes at least one catheter portion which is provided in an optical path between the at least one source and at least one sample, wherein the at least one catheter portion has at least one birefringent property; at least one detector which is configured to receive at least one second radiation from at least one first section of the at least one catheter portion and at least one third radiation from at least one second section of the at least one catheter portion, wherein the second and third radiations are associated with the at least one first radiation; and at least one computer which is configured to determine information regarding at least one of the at least one sample or the at least one catheter portion based on the second and third radiations.