Apparatus for tissue examination using bidirectional transirradiation with light
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1. An apparatus for examining tissue with light, comprising:
- means for bidirectionally transirradiating tissue with light from different transirradiation directions;
means for detecting light passing through said tissue in each transirradiation direction upon said light emerging from said tissue,said means for detecting comprising a single detector, and first and second detector light guide means having respective light entry faces disposed for receiving said light emerging from said tissue in said two directions, and means for alternatingly supplying said light from said respective entry faces to said single detector.
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An apparatus for examining tissue with light, for identifying inhomogeneities, such as tumors, in the tissue, bidirectionally transirradiates the tissue with light, and detects the light emerging from the tissue in the two directions, thereby providing different images of the tissue with the inhomogeneities therein represented with different contrast, thereby making identification of the inhomogeneity easier.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus for examining tissue with light, comprising:
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means for bidirectionally transirradiating tissue with light from different transirradiation directions; means for detecting light passing through said tissue in each transirradiation direction upon said light emerging from said tissue, said means for detecting comprising a single detector, and first and second detector light guide means having respective light entry faces disposed for receiving said light emerging from said tissue in said two directions, and means for alternatingly supplying said light from said respective entry faces to said single detector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An apparatus for examining tissue with light, comprising;
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means for bidirectionally transirradiating tissue with light; scan means for moving said means for bidirectionally transirradiating said tissue with light relative to said tissue at a plurality of different scan positions; and means for detecting light passing through said tissue in each transirradiation direction upon said light emerging from said tissue. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for examining tissue with light, comprising:
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means for bidirectionally transirradiating tissue with light from different transirradiation directions; means for detecting light passing through said tissue in each transirradiation direction upon said light emerging from said tissue and for emitting detector output signals; and
evaluation means, supplied with said detector output signals for analyzing said detector output signals. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus for examining tissue with light, comprising:
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means for bidirectionally transirradiating tissue from different transirradiation directions simultaneously with light, the light from said different directions being of respectively different wavelengths; means for detecting light passing through said tissue in each transirradiation direction upon said light emerging from said tissue and for emitting a respective detector output signal for light of each of said wavelengths; and signal processing means, supplied with said detector output signals, for identifying light of each of said different wavelengths in the light detected by said means for detecting.
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