Review of diverse optical fibers used in biomedical research and clinical practice

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Keiser, Gerd ^a   Xiong, Fei ^b   Cui, Ying ^c,d   Shum, Perry Ping ^c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d RESEARCH TECHNO PLAZA   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biomedical; Healthcare; Life sciences; Optical fiber; Photonics

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FIBERS; HEALTH CARE; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PHOTONICS; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS; SURGERY; TISSUE;

BIOMEDICAL; BIOMEDICAL DIAGNOSIS; LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH; LIFE-SCIENCES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; OPTICAL FIBER BUNDLE; PHOTONICS APPLICATIONS;

MULTIMODE FIBERS;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; LIGHT; PHOTOMETRY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION SCATTERING; TRANSDUCER;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LIGHT; PHOTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84929518067     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.19.8.080902     Document Type: Review

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