Title :
Imaging of the oral cancer tissues with optical coherence tomography using self-phase modulation in fiber for broadband source generation
Author :
I-Jen Hsu ; Chih-Wei Lu ; Shin-Ming Lin ; Yang, C.C. ; Chun-Pin Chiang ; Chii-Wann Lin ; Yean-Woei Kiang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
An optical coherence tomography system of 5 /spl mu/m in depth resolution was built for oral cancer study. The broadband source was generated through self-phase modulation of a femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser in single-mode fiber.
Keywords :
biomedical imaging; cancer; image resolution; laser applications in medicine; optical tomography; self-phase modulation; Michelson interferometer; broadband source generation; cavity structures; femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser; fiber self-phase modulation; high lateral resolution; human oral mucosa; morphological images; optical coherence tomography; oral cancer tissue imaging; single-mode fiber; Biomedical optical imaging; Cancer; Fiber nonlinear optics; Light sources; Nonlinear optics; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Tomography; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967867
