Confocal endoscopy via structured illumination.
We describe a simple modification to a rigid endoscope so as to provide both high-quality conventional and confocal images of reasonably accessible regions of the body. This versatile system uses a structured illumination approach together with a conventional incoherent illumination source. Images taken in fluorescence are presented using this combined conventional and confocal endoscope.
Karadaglić
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Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Juskaitis
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Wilson
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D019723:Endoscopes; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005385:Fingers; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006801:Humans; D008029:Lighting / Q000295:instrumentation; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D013545:Sweat Glands / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014953:Wrist
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