Hybrid probe for tissue type recognition

摘要

The apparatus has a probe that has a light emitting diode (1), a photo detector (3) and a shield (2). The light beam is irradiated on the tissue from the light emitting diode. The reflected light beam from the tissue is received by the photo detector. The shield has an electrode which carries out electrical measurements on the tissue. The shield is arranged in between the light emitting diode and photo detector to prevent leakage of optical and electrical signals. A controller (25) is connected to the light emitting diode and the photo detector. A processor (29) of the controller receives the signals from the photo detector and generates the signal to categorize the tissue. A comparator (31) compares the category of tissue with the tissue type catalogue and identify the tissue. An indicator (33) indicates the data regarding identified type to user by audio/video.