Patent ID: 8126524
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
1. A monitoring system for use in non-invasively monitoring at least one parameter of a region of interest in a human body, the system comprising: a measurement unit comprising: the measurement unit being configured and operable to provide an operating condition such that the acoustic waves of the predetermined frequency range overlap with an illuminating region within the region of interest and substantially do not overlap with a region outside the region of interest, and that the detection assembly collects light scattered from the region of interest and light scattered from the region outside the region of interest, the measured data being thereby indicative of scattered light having both ultrasound tagged and untagged light portions; and a control unit, which is connectable to the optical unit and to the acoustic unit to operate these units, the control unit being responsive to the measured data and preprogrammed to: