New method for confocal microscopy and its endoscopic application

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5143, Issue , 2003, Pages 281-288

  Krohne, Ingo ^a   Pfeifer, Tilo ^a   Bitte, Frank ^a   Zacher, Michael ^a   Meier, Richard ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY IPT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomedical diagnostics; Confocal endomicroscope; Confocal microscopy; Digital mircomirror device (DMD); Endoscopy; Fiberoptics; Microoptics; Miniaturization

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CELLS; ENDOSCOPY; FIBER OPTICS; MICROOPTICS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; TISSUE;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIGITAL MICROMIRROR DEVICE; SURGICAL BIOPSY; TISSUE STAINING TECHNIQUES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 1342288562     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.500763     Document Type: Conference Paper

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