Fiber-optic rotational device, optical system and method for imaging a sample

BE Bouma, GJ Tearney, M Shishkov - US Patent 7,382,949, 2008 - Google Patents
A device, system and method for transmitting electro-magnetic radiation between at least
two separate fibers (as well as for imaging a sample) are provided. For example, a first …

Apparatus and method for ranging and noise reduction of low coherence interferometry LCI and optical coherence tomography OCT signals by parallel detection of …

JF De Boer, GJ Tearney, BE Bouma - US Patent 7,355,716, 2008 - Google Patents
Apparatus, method, logic arrangement and storage medium are provided for increasing the
sensitivity in the detection of optical coherence tomography and low coherence interfer …

Polarimetric characterization of light and media: physical quantities involved in polarimetric phenomena

JJ Gil - The European Physical Journal-Applied Physics, 2007 - cambridge.org
An objective analysis is carried out of the matricial models representing the polarimetric
properties of light and material media leading to the identification and definition of their …

Non-contact optical system, computer-accessible medium and method for measurement at least one mechanical property of tissue using coherent speckle technique …

SK Nadkarni, GJ Tearney - US Patent 9,351,642, 2016 - Google Patents
Exemplary embodiments of apparatus and method for determining at least one material
property of an anatomical structure can be provided. According to one exemplary …

Characteristic properties of Mueller matrices

JJ Gil - JOSA A, 2000 - opg.optica.org
A complete and minimum set of necessary and sufficient conditions for a real 4× 4 matrix to
be a physical Mueller matrix is obtained. An additional condition is presented to complete …

Process and apparatus for a wavelength tuning source

B Bouma, SHA Yun, WYW Oh, J Deboer… - US Patent …, 2009 - Google Patents
An apparatus and source arrangement for filtering an electromagnetic radiation can be
provided which may include at least one spectral separating arrangement configured to …

System and method for identifying tissue using low-coherence interferometry

GJ Tearney, MS Shishkov, NV Iftimia… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
An apparatus for needle biopsy with real time tissue differ entiation using one dimensional
interferometric ranging imaging, comprising a biopsy device having a barrel and a needle …

Apparatus and method for low coherence ranging

TJ Guillermo, BE Bouma - US Patent 7,310,150, 2007 - Google Patents
A system, apparatus and method for performing low coherence ranging of a sample with
high transverse resolution and large depth of focus can be provided. For example, an optical …

System and method for optical coherence imaging

SH Yun, BE Bouma, GJ Tearney, JF Deboer - US Patent 7,365,859, 2008 - Google Patents
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Methods and systems for monitoring and obtaining information of at least one portion of a sample using conformal laser therapy procedures, and providing …

GJ Tearney, M Shishkov, BE Bouma… - US Patent 7,538,859, 2009 - Google Patents
In one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, method and system can be provided
for obtaining information associated with at least one portion of a sample. For example, a …