Invasive chemometry
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1. A method of assessing a component of a tissue of an animal, the method comprising:
- irradiating a plurality of regions of the tissue to generate a first optical data set;
evaluating the first optical data set to assess a first optical characteristic of the component;
identifying at least one region of the plurality of regions of the tissue exhibiting the first optical characteristic;
irradiating the region exhibiting at least one identified the first optical characteristic to generate a second optical data set; and
evaluating the second optical data set to assess a second optical characteristic of the component.
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Abstract
The invention relates to methods and devices for assessing one or more components of a selected tissue in an animal. The present invention permits non-invasive assessment of tissue components in a body structure containing multiple tissue types by assessing multiple regions of the animal'"'"'s body for an optical characteristic of the tissue of interest and separately assessing one or more optical (e.g., Raman or NIR) characteristics of the tissue component for one or more regions that exhibit the optical characteristic of the tissue of interest.
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1. A method of assessing a component of a tissue of an animal, the method comprising:
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irradiating a plurality of regions of the tissue to generate a first optical data set; evaluating the first optical data set to assess a first optical characteristic of the component; identifying at least one region of the plurality of regions of the tissue exhibiting the first optical characteristic; irradiating the region exhibiting at least one identified the first optical characteristic to generate a second optical data set; and evaluating the second optical data set to assess a second optical characteristic of the component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A device for assessing a component of a tissue, the device comprising:
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a radiation source for irradiating a plurality of regions of the tissue and generating at least a first optical data set and a second optical data set; a first detector configured for evaluating the first optical data set to assess a first optical characteristic of the component to identify at least one region of the plurality of regions of the tissue exhibiting the first optical characteristic; optical data set a second detector for evaluating the second optical data set from at least one identified region exhibiting the first optical characteristic to assess a second optical characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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