CPC A61B 5/0071 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0082 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); A61B 5/4848 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01)] | 24 Claims |
17. A method for imaging tissue, the method comprising:
contacting a spacer of a medical imaging system with a tissue, wherein a portion of the spacer in contact with the tissue includes a planar surface that extends across a distal end of the spacer;
maintaining a fixed distance between the portion of the spacer in contact with the tissue and an imaging lens, wherein the imaging lens is configured to remain stationary;
emitting an excitation light towards the tissue in substantially a whole field of view of an imaging device at once, wherein the imaging device is optically coupled to the imaging lens;
imaging the tissue in contact with the spacer with the imaging device, wherein imaging the tissue includes simultaneously collecting light fluoresced from the tissue with a plurality of pixels from substantially the whole field of view of the imaging device; and
identifying pixels with light intensities greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold light intensity to identify a cell state of cells imaged by the imaging device.
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