Patent ID: 8143605
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: A61B,G01N

Abstract:
1. A system for use in determining one or more parameters of a subject, the system comprising: an acoustic unit configured and operable for irradiating a region of interest with acoustic tagging radiation comprising at least one acoustic tagging beam; an optical unit configured and operable for irradiating at least a portion of the region of interest with at least one electromagnetic beam of a predetermined frequency range, detecting an electromagnetic radiation response of said at least portion of the region of interest and generating data indicative thereof, said response comprising electromagnetic radiation tagged by the acoustic radiation, said data being indicative of the at least one parameter of the subject in a region corresponding to the locations in the medium at which the electromagnetic radiation has been tagged by the acoustic radiation; and a control unit comprising: a processing and analyzing utility configured and operable for analyzing said data indicative of the electromagnetic radiation response and generating output data indicative of at least a blood flow parameter; and a data presentation utility responsive to the output data of the processing and analyzing utility for presenting said at least blood flow parameter.