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Filter for use with imaging endoscopes

  • US 10,182,709 B2
  • Filed: 12/18/2015
  • Issued: 01/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A color and fluorescence endoscopy system, comprising:

  • a multi-mode light source that illuminates a tissue sample with a blue illumination light;

    a camera that concurrently captures blue reflectance images and a fluorescence image of the tissue sample when the blue illumination light is on;

    an image processor that generates a color image from the blue reflectance images and generates a fluorescence/reflectance image by overlaying the at least one fluorescence image and one or more of the blue reflectance images; and

    a display that concurrently displays the color image and the fluorescence/reflectance image.

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