Title :
Surgical dual-axis confocal microscope for brain tumor resection
Author :
Liu, Jonathan T C ; Mandella, Michael J. ; Loewke, Nathan O. ; Haeberle, Henry ; Ra, Hyejun ; Piyawattanametha, Wibool ; Solgaard, Olav ; Kino, Gordon S. ; Contag, Christopher H.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Med., Biomed. Eng. & Sci., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract :
A 1.8-mm diameter gradient-index relay lens has been incorporated into a miniature dual-axis confocal microscope for image-guided surgery. A biaxial MEMS mirror is actuated at resonance along each axis to create a non-repeating Lissajous scan pattern for achieving large fields of view.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; brain; image resolution; image scanners; micro-optomechanical devices; optical microscopy; surgery; tumours; Lissajous scan pattern; actuators; biaxial MEMS mirror; brain tumor resection; gradient-index relay lens; image-guided surgery; miniature dual-axis confocal microscope; size 1.8 mm; spatial resolution; Focusing; Lenses; Lighting; Micromechanical devices; Microscopy; Mirrors; Neoplasms; Relays; Resonance; Surgery;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Winter Topicals Meeting Series (WTM), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Majorca
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5240-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5241-5
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTWTM.2010.5421944
