US Patent Issued to DUKE UNIVERSITY on Sept. 30 for "Spatially offset hyperspectral imaging systems and methods thereof" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,426, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, N.C.).

"Spatially offset hyperspectral imaging systems and methods thereof" was invented by Tuan Vo-Dinh (Durham, N.C.) and Ren Odion (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for spatially locating a target inside a sample and providing spectral information for imaging the target includes illuminating a light source onto a sample to produce a backscattered optical signal; spectrally scanning and detecting the backscattered optical signal at selected spectral increments using a rapid wavelength-tuning solid-state device; providing three-dimensional spectra...