US 12,169,935 B2
Systems, devices, and methods for visualization of tissue and collection and analysis of data regarding same
Ralph Dacosta, Etobicoke (CA)
Assigned to UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK, Toronto (CA)
Filed by UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK, Toronto (CA)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/334,133.
Application 18/334,133 is a continuation of application No. 18/148,861, filed on Dec. 30, 2022.
Application 18/148,861 is a continuation of application No. 16/593,174, filed on Oct. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,676,276.
Application 16/593,174 is a continuation of application No. 15/328,214, granted, now 10,438,356, issued on Oct. 8, 2019, previously published as PCT/CA2015/000444, filed on Jul. 24, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/028,386, filed on Jul. 24, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0401714 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 7/0016 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0071 (2013.01); A61B 5/0077 (2013.01); A61B 5/445 (2013.01); G01N 21/6486 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10064 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30096 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for tissue imaging, comprising:
an adaptor for configuring a mobile communication device for tissue imaging, the adaptor comprising:
a housing configured to be removably coupled to a mobile communication device, the housing having an aperture configured to be positioned in front of a camera lens of the mobile communication device when the housing is removably coupled to the mobile communication device,
an excitation light source configured to emit excitation light that elicits autofluorescence emissions from bacteria present in a tissue target in response to illumination of the tissue target by the excitation light,
a white light source configured to emit white light, and
a thermal sensor configured to detect thermal data related to the tissue target; and
a mobile communication device comprising:
a camera lens,
an optical sensor configured to detect signals corresponding to bacterial autofluorescence emissions responsive to illumination of the tissue target with the excitation light, and
a processor configured to:
receive the detected signals corresponding to bacterial autofluorescence emissions responsive to illumination of the tissue target with the excitation light,
evaluate pixel intensity in the detected signals, and
based at least in part on the evaluation, display data related to a bacterial load of the tissue target on a display of the mobile communication device.