MEMS-based handheld confocal microscope for in-vivo skin imaging

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 3805-3819

  Arrasmith, Christopher L ^a   Dickensheets, David L ^a   Mahadevan Jansen, Anita ^b  

^a Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENSES; MEMS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

AXIAL RESPONSE; BEAM SCANNING; CAPILLARY BLOOD FLOW; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES; EDGE RESPONSE; FIELD OF VIEWS; FRAME RATE; FRAMES PER SECONDS; HANDHELDS; HIGHEST RESOLUTIONS; IN-VIVO; LASER SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES; LASER WAVELENGTH; MICRO MIRROR; NUMERICAL APERTURE; OBJECTIVE LENS; SCAN MIRROR; SKIN IMAGING; TISSUE IMAGING;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRONICS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; SKIN;

DERMOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MINIATURIZATION; SKIN;

EID: 77149142585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.003805     Document Type: Article

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