Apparatus, system and method for in situ discrimination between viral and non-viral infections

摘要

A detection system and method configured to inspect and elucidate a suspicious infection at a biological target site in vivo emits excitation light selected to cause fluorescence from the suspicious infection at the target site, and such Sensing fluorescence emanating from the target site guided by the excitation light, sensing temperature data indicative of heat above ambient body temperature emanating from suspicious infection of the target site, and then at least a portion of the sensed fluorescence and heat level Based on determining whether the target site may contain an infection. [Selection] Figure 1