title: Imaging performance of a miniature integrated microendoscope.
abstract: An integrated miniature multi-modal microscope (4M device) for microendoscopy was built and tested. Imaging performance is evaluated and imaging results are presented for both fluorescence and reflectance samples. Images of biological samples show successful imaging of both thin layers of fixed cells prepared on a slide as well as thick samples of excised fixed porcine epithelial tissue, thus demonstrating the potential for in vivo use.
authors.affiliation: College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona, USA. jdrogers@optics.arizona.edu
authors.forename: Jeremy D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Landau
authors.forename: Tomasz S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Tkaczyk
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Descour
authors.forename: Mohammed S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Richards-Kortum
authors.forename: Ari H O
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Kärkäinen
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Christenson
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D019723:Endoscopes; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055617:Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008904:Miniaturization; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018511:Systems Integration