SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NONINVASIVELY MONITORING CONDITIONS OF A SUBJECT
First Claim
1. A method for use in determining one or more parameters of a subject, said method comprising;
- (a) irradiating a region of interest of the subject with acoustic tagging radiation, the acoustic tagging radiation comprising at least one acoustic tagging beam being a coded continuous acoustic wave in the form of a predetermined function of at least one parameter of the acoustic radiation varying over time during a measurement time interval, said predetermined time function having a narrow autocorrelation;
(b) irradiating at least a portion of the region of interest with at least one electromagnetic beam of a predetermined frequency range;
(c) detecting an electromagnetic radiation response of said at least portion of the region of interest and generating data indicative thereof, said response comprising electromagnetic radiation tagged by the acoustic radiation, thereby enabling processing said data indicative of the detected electromagnetic radiation response, to determine at least one parameter of the subject in a region corresponding to the locations in the medium at which the electromagnetic radiation has been tagged by the acoustic radiation, and output data indicative of the at least one determined parameter.
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Abstract
A method and system are presented for use in determining one or more parameters of a subject. A region of interest of the subject is irradiated with acoustic tagging radiation, which comprises at least one acoustic tagging beam. At least a portion of the region of interest is irradiated with at least one electromagnetic beam of a predetermined frequency range. Electromagnetic radiation response of the at least portion of the region of interest is detected and measured data indicative thereof is generated. The detected response comprises electromagnetic radiation tagged by the acoustic radiation. This enables processing of the measured data indicative of the detected electromagnetic radiation response to determine at least one parameter of the subject in a region corresponding to the locations in the medium at which the electromagnetic radiation has been tagged by the acoustic radiation, and outputting data indicative of the at least one determined parameter.
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1. A method for use in determining one or more parameters of a subject, said method comprising;
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(a) irradiating a region of interest of the subject with acoustic tagging radiation, the acoustic tagging radiation comprising at least one acoustic tagging beam being a coded continuous acoustic wave in the form of a predetermined function of at least one parameter of the acoustic radiation varying over time during a measurement time interval, said predetermined time function having a narrow autocorrelation; (b) irradiating at least a portion of the region of interest with at least one electromagnetic beam of a predetermined frequency range; (c) detecting an electromagnetic radiation response of said at least portion of the region of interest and generating data indicative thereof, said response comprising electromagnetic radiation tagged by the acoustic radiation, thereby enabling processing said data indicative of the detected electromagnetic radiation response, to determine at least one parameter of the subject in a region corresponding to the locations in the medium at which the electromagnetic radiation has been tagged by the acoustic radiation, and output data indicative of the at least one determined parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for use in determining one or more parameters of a subject, the system comprising:
- an acoustic unit configured and operable for irradiating a region of interest with acoustic tagging radiation comprising at least one acoustic tagging beam being a coded continuous acoustic wave in the form of a predetermined function of at least one parameter of the acoustic radiation varying over time during a predetermined time interval used for measurements, said predetermined function having narrow autocorrelation;
an optical unit configured and operable for irradiating at least a portion of the region of interest with at least one electromagnetic beam of a predetermined frequency range, detecting an electromagnetic radiation response of said at least portion of the region of interest and generating data indicative thereof, said response comprising electromagnetic radiation tagged by the acoustic radiation, said data being indicative of the at least one parameter of the subject in a region corresponding to the locations in the medium at which the electromagnetic radiation has been tagged by the acoustic radiation. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
- an acoustic unit configured and operable for irradiating a region of interest with acoustic tagging radiation comprising at least one acoustic tagging beam being a coded continuous acoustic wave in the form of a predetermined function of at least one parameter of the acoustic radiation varying over time during a predetermined time interval used for measurements, said predetermined function having narrow autocorrelation;
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