US Patent Issued to Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives on Nov. 11 for "Method for estimating a three-dimensional spatial distribution of fluorescence, inside an object" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,867, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (Paris).

"Method for estimating a three-dimensional spatial distribution of fluorescence, inside an object" was invented by Cedric Allier (Grenoble, France) and Lionel Herve (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention describes an iterative reconstructing method allowing a spatial distribution of fluorescence in an object to be obtained. The method comprises acquiring images of fluorescence in various planes at various depths in the object, so as to form a three-dimensional acquired image. It comprises an iterativ...