Patent ID: 6142629
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: A61B,G01J

Abstract:
A device for spectral imaging of an object, comprising:(a) a plurality of sets of light sources for producing light in a like plurality of separate spectral bands, each of said sets including at least one of said light sources for emitting light in said spectral band of said each set;(b) an illumination mechanism for directing at least a portion of said emitted light at the object, thereby illuminating the object, the object producing radiated light in response to said illumination, said illumination mechanism being operative to direct said emitted light from all of said sets at a common line, said illumination mechanism including a waveguide having a linear input end coincident with said common line, said waveguide including a plurality of optical fibers; and(c) an imaging mechanism for detecting said radiated light and transforming said radiated light into at least one image of the object.