Confocal device and application strategies for endoluminal optical coherence microscopy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5140, Issue , 2003, Pages 192-203

  George, M ^a   Schnieder, L ^a   Buess, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Columnar and squamous epithelium; Confocal microscopy; Endoscopic imaging; Gimballed mirror; Optical coherence microscopy; Silicon micro mirror

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELLS; COHERENT LIGHT; DATA ACQUISITION; ENDOSCOPY; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LASERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MIRRORS; TISSUE;

COLUMNAR AND SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; CONCOFAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC IMAGING; GIMBALLED MIRROR; OPTICAL COHERENCE MICROSCOPY; SILICON MICRO MIRRORS;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 1342331214     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.501019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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