Design and demonstration of a miniature catheter for a confocal microendoscope

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 31, 2004, Pages 5763-5771

  Rouse, Andrew R ^a   Kano, Angelique ^a   Udovich, Joshua A ^a   Kroto, Shona M ^a   Gmitro, Arthur F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CATHETERS; DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE; PRODUCT DESIGN; SCANNING; SLITTING;

CONFOCAL MICROENDOSCOPE; FIBER-OPTIC IMAGING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACTS; OPTICAL BIOPSY;

ENDOSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONICS; ENDOSCOPE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CATHETERIZATION; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MINIATURIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 9144239354     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.005763     Document Type: Article

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