title: Design and evaluation of an ultra-slim objective for in-vivo deep optical biopsy.
abstract: An estimated 1.6 million breast biopsies are performed in the US each year. In order to provide real-time, in-vivo imaging with sub-cellular resolution for optical biopsies, we have designed an ultra-slim objective to fit inside the 1-mm-diameter hypodermic needles currently used for breast biopsies to image tissue stained by the fluorescent probe proflavine. To ensure high-quality imaging performance, experimental tests were performed to characterize fiber bundle's light-coupling efficiency and simulations were performed to evaluate the impact of candidate lens materials' autofluorescence. A prototype of NA = 0.4, 250-microm field of view, ultra-slim objective optics was built and tested, yielding diffraction-limited performance and estimated resolution of 0.9 microm. When used in conjunction with a commercial coherent fiber bundle to relay the image formed by the objective, the measured resolution was 2.5 microm.
authors.affiliation: University of Arizona, College of Optical Sciences, 1630 E University Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. slandau@optics.arizona.edu
authors.forename: Sara M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Landau
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Robert T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Kester
authors.forename: Tomasz S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Tkaczyk
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Descour
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004867:Equipment Design; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D055620:Optical Phenomena
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