MEDICAL AND VETERINARY IMAGING AND DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES UTILIZING OPTICAL PROBE SYSTEMS
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1. An imaging method, the method comprising:
- providing a handpiece having (a) a probe tip insertable into human or animal tissue and disposed at an end thereof, and (b) an optical coherence tomography (OCT) probe connected thereto, such that a functionality of the OCT probe is provided at the probe tip;
disposing the probe tip adjacent to or into human or animal tissue; and
performing, with the OCT probe, at least one of (i) imaging of the tissue, (ii) measuring at least one of a feature size or a quantifiable characteristic of a structure in the tissue for biometry analysis, or (iii) performing a diagnostic procedure on the tissue or a device implanted in the tissue.
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Abstract
An imaging method includes providing a handpiece having a probe tip insertable into human or animal tissue disposed at an end thereof, and, an optical coherence tomography (OCT) probe connected to the handpiece such that a functionality of the OCT probe is provided at the probe tip. The probe tip is disposed adjacent to or into human or animal tissue. Imaging of the tissue, measuring at least one of a feature size or a quantifiable characteristic of a structure in the tissue for biometry analysis, and/or performing a diagnostic procedure on the tissue or a device implanted in the tissue is performed with the OCT probe.
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1. An imaging method, the method comprising:
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providing a handpiece having (a) a probe tip insertable into human or animal tissue and disposed at an end thereof, and (b) an optical coherence tomography (OCT) probe connected thereto, such that a functionality of the OCT probe is provided at the probe tip; disposing the probe tip adjacent to or into human or animal tissue; and performing, with the OCT probe, at least one of (i) imaging of the tissue, (ii) measuring at least one of a feature size or a quantifiable characteristic of a structure in the tissue for biometry analysis, or (iii) performing a diagnostic procedure on the tissue or a device implanted in the tissue. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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