Design and evaluation of an ultra-slim objective for in-vivo deep optical biopsy

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 4758-4775

  Landau, Sara M ^a   Liang, Chen ^b   Kester, Robert T ^c   Tkaczyk, Tomasz S ^c   Descour, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b DMetrix Inc   (United States)

^c Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BREAST BIOPSIES; COHERENT FIBER BUNDLES; DIFFRACTION LIMITED; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FIBER BUNDLES; FIELD OF VIEWS; FLUORESCENT PROBES; HIGH-QUALITY IMAGING; HYPODERMIC NEEDLES; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO IMAGING; LENS MATERIALS; LIGHT COUPLINGS; OPTICAL BIOPSIES; SUB-CELLULAR;

BIOPSY;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; OPTICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77749304254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.004758     Document Type: Article

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