Needle-compatible single fiber bundle image guide reflectance endoscope

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Sun, Jiantang ^a   Shu, Chenghao ^a   Appiah, Benjamin ^a   Drezeka, Rebekah ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical biopsy; Reflectance fiber endoscope

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND NOISE; FIBER BUNDLES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN TISSUES; IMAGE GUIDES; IMAGING CONFIGURATIONS; IMAGING TESTS; LATERAL RESOLUTION; OPTICAL BIOPSIES; SINGLE FIBER; SPECULAR REFLECTANCE; TISSUE BIOPSIES; TOTAL COSTS; UNITED STATES AIR FORCE; VIDEO-RATE IMAGES;

BIOPSY; FIBERS; NEEDLES; TISSUE;

REFLECTION;

ENDOSCOPE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LETTER; NEEDLE BIOPSY; REFRACTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIGHTING; REFRACTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 79952144152     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3465558     Document Type: Article

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