Patent ID: 7198404

Claim:
An apparatus for co-registration of multi-modal images in a three-dimensional environment, the apparatus comprising: a source of excitation light; a one-way mirror having a transmissive side disposed towards the excitation light for transmitting the excitation light and a reflective side for reflecting light received from a target; an electromagnetic-ray source disposed relative to the source of excitation light; an electromagnetic-ray transparent mirror having a light-reflective surface disposed towards a reflecting side of the one-way mirror and an electromagnetic-ray transmissive surface disposed towards the electromagnetic-ray source; a target location disposed towards the light-reflective surface of the electromagnetic-ray transparent mirror for locating a target and receiving the excitation light and the electromagnetic-rays; an electromagnetic-ray detector disposed on an opposite side of the target location relative to the electromagnetic-ray source for detecting electromagnetic-rays transmitted through the target; and a light detector disposed towards the reflective side of the one-way mirror for detecting light from the target, wherein the electromagnetic-ray wavelength is shorter than the wavelength of the light.