A system is provided utilizing sensors tuned to multiple wavelength
spectra for evaluating and imaging an object being monitored. The system
includes, among other things, an assembly for splitting a photon beam
emitted from an object being monitored into multiple incident rays of
different wavelength spectra. A plurality of detectors may be provided,
each being tuned to a specific wavelength spectrum of the respective
incident ray it is collecting, for converting, into electronic signals,
data correlated from the respective incident ray. A processor may be used
for generating discrete image data from the electronic signals of each
respective incident ray for subsequent display as individual images, or
as an integrated multi-spectral image on a display screen. A method for
analyzing tissue characteristics is also provided.