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US 9,812,846 B2 |
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Method and apparatus for performing optical imaging using frequency-domain interferometry |
Seok-Hyun Yun, Cambridge, MA (US); Brett Eugene Bouma, Quincy, MA (US); Guillermo J. Tearney, Cambridge, MA (US); and Johannes Fitzgerald De Boer, Amstelveen (NL) |
Assigned to THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION, Boston, MA (US) |
Filed by The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US) |
Filed on Apr. 27, 2016, as Appl. No. 15/140,125. |
Application 15/140,125 is a continuation of application No. 14/256,361, filed on Apr. 18, 2014, granted, now 9,377,290. |
Application 14/256,361 is a continuation of application No. 13/720,507, filed on Dec. 19, 2012, granted, now 8,705,046, issued on Apr. 22, 2014. |
Application 13/720,507 is a continuation of application No. 13/191,885, filed on Jul. 27, 2011, granted, now 8,355,138, issued on Jan. 15, 2013. |
Application 13/191,885 is a continuation of application No. 12/795,529, filed on Jun. 7, 2010, granted, now 8,384,909, issued on Feb. 26, 2013. |
Application 12/795,529 is a continuation of application No. 10/577,562, granted, now 7,733,497, issued on Jun. 8, 2010, previously published as PCT/US2004/029148, filed on Sep. 8, 2004. |
Claims priority of provisional application 60/514,769, filed on Oct. 27, 2003. |
Prior Publication US 2016/0320170 A1, Nov. 3, 2016 |
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. |
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