Fiber confocal reflectance microscope (FCRM) for in-vivo imaging

Optics Express

Volumn 9, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 821-830

  Liang, Chen ^a   Descour, Michael R ^a   Sung, Kung Bin ^b   Richards Kortum, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; COHERENT LIGHT; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; TELESCOPES; TUMORS;

AXIAL RESOLUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; COUPLING LENSES; PRE-CANCEROUS LESIONS;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0001348233     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.9.000821     Document Type: Article

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