Title :
Common-path optical coherence tomography guided fibre probe for spatially precise optical nerve stimulation
Author :
Zhang, Kai ; Katz, Edward ; Kim, D.H. ; Kang, Jin U. ; Ilev, Ilko K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
A simple and effective common-path optical coherence tomography guided fibre probe for optical nerve stimulation has been developed and tested. The probe is capable of real-time monitoring of the fibre-to-nerve distance up to more than 1 mm at an axial resolution of approximately 3 m, thus improving the precision and safety of stimulation laser power delivery.
Keywords :
bio-optics; biomedical optical imaging; fibre lasers; fibre optic sensors; laser applications in medicine; neurophysiology; optical tomography; OCT guided fibre probe; axial resolution; common-path optical coherence tomography; fibre-nerve distance; laser power delivery; real-time monitoring; spatially precise optical nerve stimulation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2010.3221
