CPC A61B 5/0071 (2013.01) [A61B 5/1455 (2013.01); A61B 5/14546 (2013.01); A61B 5/14555 (2013.01); A61B 5/14556 (2013.01); A61B 5/4842 (2013.01); A61B 5/7246 (2013.01); A61B 5/7278 (2013.01); G01N 21/645 (2013.01); G01N 21/6445 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6484 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0683 (2013.01); G01N 2201/12 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method of evaluating biological tissue, the method comprising:
irradiating a biological tissue with light so as to cause a fluorophor in the biological tissue to fluoresce;
determining steady-state fluorescence anisotropy of emitted fluorescence from the fluorophor;
comparing steady-state fluorescence anisotropy obtained from the biological tissue in a first state with steady-state fluorescence anisotropy obtained from the biological tissue in a second state in which the biological tissue has been subjected to a non-invasive stimulus; and
determining presence of a disease responsive to evaluating the biological tissue based on the comparison.
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