Patent ID: 8780176
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: A61B,G01J,G01N,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for acquiring at least one of a two-dimensional (2D) cross-sectional image and a three-dimensional (3D) image of at least a portion within a vessel, the image including an image of a particle flowing in the vessel, the method comprising: illuminating, using an imaging probe having an axis of illumination, at least a portion within said vessel with an illuminating light, wherein said illuminating includes diffracting the illuminating light and then focusing the illuminating light onto a transverse line within a flow within the vessel; detecting emitted light from an illuminated portion of said particle within the vessel; and reproducing an image of the illuminated portion of said particle within the vessel from the emitted light, wherein the reproduced image is at least one of a two-dimensional (2D) cross-sectional image and a three-dimensional (3D) image, and wherein one of the dimensions of the reproduced image is along the illumination axis.