A high-efficiency fiber-based imaging system for co-registered autofluorescence and optical coherence tomography.
We present a power-efficient fiber-based imaging system capable of co-registered autofluorescence imaging and optical coherence tomography (AF/OCT). The system employs a custom fiber optic rotary joint (FORJ) with an embedded dichroic mirror to efficiently combine the OCT and AF pathways. This three-port wavelength multiplexing FORJ setup has a throughput of more than 83% for collected AF emission, significantly more efficient compared to previously reported fiber-based methods. A custom 900 µm diameter catheter ‒ consisting of a rotating lens assembly, double-clad fiber (DCF), and torque cable in a stationary plastic tube ‒ was fabricated to allow AF/OCT imaging of small airways in vivo. We demonstrate the performance of this system ex vivo in resected porcine airway specimens and in vivo in human on fingers, in the oral cavity, and in peripheral airways.
Integrative Oncology Department-Imaging Unit, BC Cancer Research Center, 675 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, Canada.
Hamid
H
Pahlevaninezhad
Integrative Oncology Department-Imaging Unit, BC Cancer Research Center, 675 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, Canada.
Anthony M D
AM
Lee
Integrative Oncology Department-Imaging Unit, BC Cancer Research Center, 675 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, Canada.
Tawimas
T
Shaipanich
Integrative Oncology Department-Imaging Unit, BC Cancer Research Center, 675 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, Canada.
Rashika
R
Raizada
Integrative Oncology Department-Imaging Unit, BC Cancer Research Center, 675 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, Canada.
Lucas
L
Cahill
Integrative Oncology Department-Imaging Unit, BC Cancer Research Center, 675 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, Canada.
Geoffrey
G
Hohert
Biophotonics and Bioengineering Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Victor X D
VX
Yang
Integrative Oncology Department-Imaging Unit, BC Cancer Research Center, 675 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, Canada.
Stephen
S
Lam
Integrative Oncology Department-Imaging Unit, BC Cancer Research Center, 675 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, Canada.
Calum
C
MacAulay
Integrative Oncology Department-Imaging Unit, BC Cancer Research Center, 675 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, Canada.
Pierre
P
Lane
(110.0110) Imaging systems; (110.2350) Fiber optics imaging; (110.4500) Optical coherence tomography; (170.2520) Fluorescence microscopy; (170.3890) Medical optics instrumentation