MULTISPECTRAL/HYPERSPECTRAL MEDICAL INSTRUMENT
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1. A multispectral or hyperspectral medical instrument comprising:
- (A) an optical acquisition system (36) comprising an image sensor (46) that is configured to acquire multispectral, hyperspectral, or ultraspectral images; and
(B) a diagnostic processor (38) comprising;
(i) a general-purpose operating module (54) having output to a display,(ii) an image acquisition interface (50) having an input responsive to the output of the image sensor (46) and further having an image acquisition interface output that is provided to the general-purpose processing module, and(iii) instructions for applying any one of a plurality of diagnostic protocol modules (56) to the image acquisition interface output provided from the image acquisition interface (50), wherein each respective diagnostic protocol module in the plurality of diagnostic protocol modules is adapted to detect a particular characteristic of the surface of one or more types of tissue through the application of filtering and acquiring instructions associated with the respective diagnostic protocol.
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Abstract
A medical instrument that comprises: a first-stage optic responsive to a tissue surface of a patient; a spectral separator optically responsive to the first stage optic and having a control input; an imaging sensor optically responsive to the spectral separator and having an image data output; aid a diagnostic processor having an image acquisition interface with an input responsive to the imaging sensor and a filter control interface having a control output provided to the control input of the spectral separator.
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1. A multispectral or hyperspectral medical instrument comprising:
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(A) an optical acquisition system (36) comprising an image sensor (46) that is configured to acquire multispectral, hyperspectral, or ultraspectral images; and (B) a diagnostic processor (38) comprising; (i) a general-purpose operating module (54) having output to a display, (ii) an image acquisition interface (50) having an input responsive to the output of the image sensor (46) and further having an image acquisition interface output that is provided to the general-purpose processing module, and (iii) instructions for applying any one of a plurality of diagnostic protocol modules (56) to the image acquisition interface output provided from the image acquisition interface (50), wherein each respective diagnostic protocol module in the plurality of diagnostic protocol modules is adapted to detect a particular characteristic of the surface of one or more types of tissue through the application of filtering and acquiring instructions associated with the respective diagnostic protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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