Rigid and high-numerical-aperture two-photon fluorescence endoscope

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 3396-3400

  Harzic, R Le ^a   Riemann, I ^a   Weinigel, M ^b   Konig K ^b,c   Messerschmidt, B ^d  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^b SIRS Lab GmbH   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d GRINTECH GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; LASER EXCITATION; LENSES; MULTIMODE FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PHOTONS; SCANNING; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

AXIAL RESOLUTIONS; BEAM IRRADIATION; FIELD OF VIEWS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGE; HIGH NUMERICAL APERTURES; LATERAL RESOLUTION; PIEZO SCANNERS; TWO PHOTON FLUORESCENCE;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

ELECTRONICS; FLUORESCENCE; LASERS; LITHOGRAPHY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SCANNING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ENDOSCOPE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67849119485     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.003396     Document Type: Article

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