Fiber-optic-bundle-based optical coherence tomography.
A fiber-optic-bundle-based optical coherence tomography (OCT) probe method is presented. The experimental results demonstrate this multimode optical fiber-bundle-based OCT system can achieve a lateral resolution of 12 microm and an axial resolution of 10 microm with a superluminescent diode source. This novel OCT imaging approach eliminates any moving parts in the probe and has a primary advantage for use in extremely compact and safe OCT endoscopes for imaging internal organs and great potential to be combined with confocal endoscopic microscopy.
Xie
Tuqiang
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Beckman Laser Institute, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, UC Irvine Medical Center, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92612, USA. txie@uci.edu
Mukai
David
D
Guo
Shuguang
S
Brenner
Matthew
M
Chen
Zhongping
Z
D000818:Animals; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D055100:Optical Fibers; D011817:Rabbits; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014132:Trachea / Q000166:cytology*