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Vein imaging using detection of pulsed radiation

  • US 9,971,948 B1
  • Filed: 11/12/2015
  • Issued: 05/15/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Imaging apparatus, comprising:

  • an image capture device, which comprises;

    an optical transmitter, which is configured to emit one or more pulses of infrared radiation toward an area containing a body surface of a living subject; and

    an optical receiver, which is configured to receive the one or more pulses reflected from the body surface and to generate an output indicative of a modulation of the pulses by tissue below the body surface; and

    a processor, which is configured to generate, based on the modulation of the one or more pulses, an image of blood vessels located beneath the body surface within the area.

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