Patent ID: 7580126

Claim:
A method for producing a streaming spatially accurate wavelength-resolved image, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a sample for which an attribute of said sample changes as a function of time; (b) receiving and filtering scattered photons from said sample; (c) detecting a first group of said filtered photons with a photon detector at time t 1 to thereby obtain a first data stream representative of a first spatially accurate wavelength-resolved image; (d) detecting a second group of said filtered photons with a photon detector at time t 2 to thereby obtain a second data stream representative of a second spatially accurate wavelength-resolved image, wherein said time t 2 occurs a predetermined amount of time (“Δt”) after time said t 1 ; and (e) sequentially displaying said first data stream and said second data stream to thereby produce a streaming spatially accurate wavelength-resolved image.