In vivo fiber-optic confocal reflectance microscope with an injection-molded plastic miniature objective lens

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1792-1797

  Carlson, Kristen ^a   Chidley, Matthew ^b   Sung, Kung Bin ^a   Descour, Michael ^b   Gillenwater, Ann ^c   Follen, Michele ^c   Richards Kortum, Rebecca ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; HEALTH; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INJECTION MOLDING; LENSES; MICROMETERS; MORPHOLOGY; TISSUE;

CONFOCAL REFLECTANCE MICROSCOPE; MINIATURE LENSES; OPTICAL DIAGNOSIS; OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS;

FIBER OPTICS;

PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX;

CERVIX UTERI; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MINIATURIZATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLASTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 16644385107     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.001792     Document Type: Conference Paper

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