System and method for hyperspectral illumination

1. A hyperspectral illuminator, comprising:

an LED array for generating light of a predefined spectra;

a plurality of collimators, wherein each of the plurality of collimators is associated with an LED of the LED array and focuses the light into beams;

a plurality of dichroic filters, wherein the dichroic filters filter the beams; and

one or more integrator lenses for mixing the filtered beams into a uniform pattern for projection on to a target.

2. The hyperspectral illuminator according to claim 1 , wherein the LED array is configured to produce at least three predefined spectra during a visualization process.

3. The hyperspectral illuminator according to claim 1 , wherein the hyperspectral illuminator is encompassed in an overhead light.

4. The hyperspectral illuminator according to claim 1 , wherein the integrator lenses are fly eye lenses.

5. The hyperspectral illuminator according to claim 1 , wherein components of the hyperspectral illuminator are integrated within a printed circuit board or application specific integrated circuit.

6. The hyperspectral illuminator according to claim 1 , wherein illumination of the target across a plurality of spectra is sequentially synchronized.

7. The hyperspectral illuminator according to claim 1 , wherein the target is a tissue sample of a patient being visualized utilizing hyperspectral imaging.

8. The hyperspectral illuminator according to claim 1 , wherein LEDs in the LED array are interchangeable to generate a plurality of spectra.

9. The hyperspectral illuminator according to claim 1 further comprising a polarizer disposed between the one or more integrator lenses and the target, wherein the uniform pattern is polarized prior to projection on to the target.

10. A method for hyperspectral illumination, the method comprising:

activating a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) in synchronization with a camera to generate light;

collimating the light from each of the LEDs into beams;

filtering the beams utilizing dichroic filters corresponding to each of the LEDs to narrow band wavelengths to generate filtered beams;

mixing the filtered beams to generate a uniform pattern; and

illuminating a target utilizing the uniform pattern.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the mixing is performed by a beam homogenizer.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the beam homogenizer is one or more integrator lenses, and wherein the uniform pattern is focused by a focus lens.

13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the synchronization is performed at least three times utilizing three different spectra.

14. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

configuring a size of an illumination field covered by the uniform pattern utilizing the focus lens.

15. The method according to claim 10 , wherein each of the dichroic filters are tilted at a different angle to tune the beams for each of the LEDs.

16. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising:

dynamically tuning the dichroic filters to reach the narrow band wavelengths.

17. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

sensing the absorption and reflection of the uniform patter off of the object, wherein the object is organic.

18. The method according to claim 10 further comprising:

polarizing the uniform pattern prior to the illuminating the target with the uniform pattern.

19. A hyperspectral illuminator, comprising:

an LED for generating light of a predefined spectra;

a collimator associated with the LED arranged to focus the light into a beam;

a dichroic filter adapted to filter the beam; and

an integrator lens for mixing the filtered beam into a uniform pattern for projection on to a target.

20. The hyperspectral illuminator of claim 19 further comprising a polarizer disposed between the integrator lens and the target, wherein the uniform pattern is polarized prior to projection on to the target.