Method and apparatus for interpreting optical response data
First Claim
1. A method of assessing the internal physiological compositional state of an individual examination subject comprised of organic matter and the like which is transmissible by at least certain selected light energy wavelength spectra, comprising the steps:
- applying the selected light energy spectra to said examination subject in a manner which infuses at least certain of such light into the interior of such subject;
detecting the presence of said infused light after the same has transmissed a particular distance defining at least a portion of the interior of said examination subject;
quantifying the detected light energy for said examination subject as a sequence of values correlated with at least certain of said selected wavelengths to thereby produce a sequence of discrete wavelength-related values for said examination subject;
conditioning said discrete values at least partially on the basis of said distance, to produce a series of wavelength-related individual conditioned quantified values particularizing the said individual examination subject;
determining at least one composite averaged value from said series of different wavelength values, to characterize the particular subject under examination in terms of at least one individual numerical value; and
comparing selected ones of said at least one numerical value to other analogouslyobtained individual numerical values to thereby assess the internal physiological compositional state of the subject under examination in relation to that characterized by said other numerical values.
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Abstract
The internal physiological compositional state of an individual examination subject for example a human breast is assessed by transmission of selected light energy spectra into the interior of such subject, detecting the selected spectra after transversal of a distance within the object, quantifying the detected light energy at selected wavelengths, conditioning the obtained value sequence on the basis of distance, determining at least one composite averaged value from the conditioned value, and using such as a characterizing value in comparison with analogously obtained values representative for example of a norm in order to asses the internal state of the subject.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of assessing the internal physiological compositional state of an individual examination subject comprised of organic matter and the like which is transmissible by at least certain selected light energy wavelength spectra, comprising the steps:
- applying the selected light energy spectra to said examination subject in a manner which infuses at least certain of such light into the interior of such subject;
detecting the presence of said infused light after the same has transmissed a particular distance defining at least a portion of the interior of said examination subject;
quantifying the detected light energy for said examination subject as a sequence of values correlated with at least certain of said selected wavelengths to thereby produce a sequence of discrete wavelength-related values for said examination subject;
conditioning said discrete values at least partially on the basis of said distance, to produce a series of wavelength-related individual conditioned quantified values particularizing the said individual examination subject;
determining at least one composite averaged value from said series of different wavelength values, to characterize the particular subject under examination in terms of at least one individual numerical value; and
comparing selected ones of said at least one numerical value to other analogouslyobtained individual numerical values to thereby assess the internal physiological compositional state of the subject under examination in relation to that characterized by said other numerical values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- applying the selected light energy spectra to said examination subject in a manner which infuses at least certain of such light into the interior of such subject;
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17. A method of assessing the internal physiological compositional state of an individual examination subject comprised of organic matter and the like which is transmissible by at least certain selected light energy wavelength spectra, comprising the steps:
- applying the selected light energy spectra to each of a plurality of examination subjects including said individual examination subject, in a manner infusing at least certain of such light into the interior of each such subject;
detecting the presence of said infused light at a location on each such subject which is spaced from that where the light energy was applied by at least the thickness of the light-infused portion of said subject;
quantifying the detected light energy for each examination subject as a sequence of values correlated with at least certain of said selected wavelengths to thereby produce a sequence of discrete wavelength-related values for each such examination subject;
conditioning said discrete values for each such examination subject at least partially on the basis of said thickness, to produce a series of individual conditioned quantified wavelength-related values for each such examination subject;
determining at least one composite averaged value from a plurality of the different series of wavelength-related values which pertain to at least some of said plurality of examination subjects to characterize a reference averaged value;
determining at least one other averaged value from the series of wavelength-related values pertaining to said individual examination subject; and
comparing said at least one reference averaged value with said at least one other averaged value to thereby assess the internal physiological compositional state of the individual subject under examination in relation to that characterized by said reference average value. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
- applying the selected light energy spectra to each of a plurality of examination subjects including said individual examination subject, in a manner infusing at least certain of such light into the interior of each such subject;
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