• DocumentCode
    2245657
  • 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
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950840