SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NONINVASIVE HEALTH MONITORING

摘要

Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for accessible and reliable routine health monitoring and noninvasive detection and early diagnosis of diseases and conditions. In one implementation, a health monitoring device is provided. The health monitoring device includes a light source configured to emit photons into an optical waveguide, which internally reflects the photons. A compliant surface is compressible against the optical waveguide during a scan of tissue. The compression of the compliant surface against the optical waveguide scatters at least one of the photons into the tissue and/or back through the optical waveguide. An imaging array is configured to collect the at least one scattered photon, forming an image representing a hardness of the tissue relative to surrounding tissue.

主权项

1. A health monitoring device comprising:
a light source configured to emit photons into an optical waveguide, the photons internally reflected in the optical waveguide; a compliant surface compressible against the optical waveguide during a scan of tissue, compression of the compliant surface against the optical waveguide scattering at least one of the photons back through the optical waveguide; and an imaging array configured to collect the at least one scattered photon, forming an image representing a hardness of the tissue relative to surrounding tissue.