Title :
Optical coherence tomography forward-imaging needle for real-time deep brain surgery guidance
Author :
Liang, Chia-Pin ; Wierwille, Jeremiah ; Moreira, Thais ; Jafri, M. Samir ; Tang, Cha-Min ; Chen, Yu
Author_Institution :
Fischell Dept. of Bioeng., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
We have developed a real-time (16 frames/second), narrowest to-date (21 gauge, 700 μm-diam) optical coherence tomography (OCT) forward-imaging needle device and demonstrated its feasibility for guiding deep brain surgery based on both structural and Doppler imaging.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; biomedical optical imaging; brain; medical image processing; neurophysiology; optical tomography; surgery; Doppler imaging; OCT; forward-imaging needle device; optical coherence tomography; real-time deep brain surgery; structural imaging; Biomedical optical imaging; Doppler effect; Needles; Optical imaging; Probes; Surgery;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
