Abstract
A confocal microendoscope for in situ optical biopsy has been developed. The system couples a slit-scan confocal fluorescence microscope to an optical catheter, consisting of a coherent fiber-optic imaging bundle, or a fiber bundle with a miniature objective and hydraulic focussing mechanism. The confocal microendoscope provides adequate image quality to visualize individual cells and sub-cellular structures. Vital fluorescent dyes are used with the system as selective stains for histophatologic evaluation of disease.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1040-1042 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings |
| Volume | 2 |
| State | Published - 2000 |
| Event | 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - Chicago, IL, United States Duration: Jul 23 2000 → Jul 28 2000 |
Keywords
- Confocal
- Endoscopy
- Optical biopsy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Signal Processing
- Biomedical Engineering
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Health Informatics