SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NON-INVASIVELY MONITORING CONDITIONS OF A OBJECT
First Claim
1. A system for use in determining one or more parameters of a subject, the system comprising:
- an acoustic unit configured and operable for irradiating a region of interest with acoustic tagging radiation comprising at least one acoustic tagging beam;
an optical unit configured and operable for irradiating at least a portion of the region of interest with at least one electromagnetic beam of a predetermined frequency range, detecting an electromagnetic radiation response of said at least portion of the region of interest and generating data indicative thereof, said response comprising electromagnetic radiation tagged by the acoustic radiation, said data being indicative of the at least one parameter of the subject in a region corresponding to the locations in the medium at which the electromagnetic radiation has been tagged by the acoustic radiation; and
a control unit comprising;
a processing and analyzing utility configured and operable for analyzing said data indicative of the electromagnetic radiation response and generating output data indicative of at least a blood flow parameter; and
a data presentation utility responsive to the output data of the processing and analyzing utility for presenting said at least blood flow parameter.
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Abstract
A method and system are presented for use in determining one or more parameters of a subject. A region of interest of the subject is irradiated with acoustic tagging radiation, which comprises at least one acoustic tagging beam. At least a portion of the region of interest is irradiated with at least one electromagnetic beam of a predetermined frequency range. Electromagnetic radiation response of the at least portion of the region of interest is detected and measured data indicative thereof is generated. The detected response comprises electromagnetic radiation tagged by the acoustic radiation. This enables processing of the measured data indicative of the detected electromagnetic radiation response to determine at least one parameter of the subject in a region corresponding to the locations in the medium at which the electromagnetic radiation has been tagged by the acoustic radiation, and outputting data indicative of the at least one determined parameter.
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29 Claims
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1. A system for use in determining one or more parameters of a subject, the system comprising:
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an acoustic unit configured and operable for irradiating a region of interest with acoustic tagging radiation comprising at least one acoustic tagging beam; an optical unit configured and operable for irradiating at least a portion of the region of interest with at least one electromagnetic beam of a predetermined frequency range, detecting an electromagnetic radiation response of said at least portion of the region of interest and generating data indicative thereof, said response comprising electromagnetic radiation tagged by the acoustic radiation, said data being indicative of the at least one parameter of the subject in a region corresponding to the locations in the medium at which the electromagnetic radiation has been tagged by the acoustic radiation; and a control unit comprising;
a processing and analyzing utility configured and operable for analyzing said data indicative of the electromagnetic radiation response and generating output data indicative of at least a blood flow parameter; and
a data presentation utility responsive to the output data of the processing and analyzing utility for presenting said at least blood flow parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for use in determining one or more parameters of a subject, said method comprising:
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(a) irradiating a region of interest of the subject with acoustic tagging radiation, and irradiating at least a portion of the region of interest with at least one electromagnetic beam of a predetermined frequency range; (b) detecting an electromagnetic radiation response of said at least portion of the region of interest comprising electromagnetic radiation tagged by the acoustic radiation, and generating data indicative of the detected electromagnetic radiation response; (c) processing and analyzing said data indicative of the detected electromagnetic radiation response, determining at least a blood flow parameter of the subject in a region corresponding to the locations in the medium at which the electromagnetic radiation has been tagged by the acoustic radiation, and presenting output data comprising at least blood flow parameter. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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