Optical fiber catheter with distal end bending mechanism control for raman biospectroscopy

Instrumentation Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-55

  De Lima, Carlos José ^a   Simões, Manoel ^a   Pacheco, Marcos Tadeu T ^a   Silveira Jr , Landulfo ^a   Villaverde, Antonio Balbin ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bending mechanism; Fiber optic probe; In vivo applications; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CATHETERS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

BENDING MECHANISM; FIBER OPTIC PROBE;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 37249094068     PISSN: 10739149     EISSN: 15256030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10739140701749971     Document Type: Article

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