Fiber optic confocal microscope with miniature objective for in vivo imaging

Author

Kung-Bin Sung ; Collier, Terence ; Richards-Kortum, R. ; Chen Liang ; Descour, M. ; Follen, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Firstpage

366

Abstract

Summary from only given. We have developed a fiber-based reflected light confocal microscope that has a miniature objective for easier access to tissue and a hydraulic mechanism for positioning the objective and changing the image depth within tissue. Confocal images are produced by raster scanning the illumination spot over the proximal end of the fiber bundle and synchronizing the operations of the scanners and the frame grabber.

Keywords

biological techniques; biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; light coherence; optical fibres; optical microscopy; confocal images; fiber bundle; fiber-based reflected light confocal microscope; frame grabber; hydraulic mechanism; illumination spot; image depth; in vivo imaging; miniature objective; proximal end; raster scanning; scanners; tissue; Biomedical optical imaging; Diodes; In vivo; Lighting; Optical fibers; Optical imaging; Optical microscopy; Optical pulse shaping; Pulse measurements; Solid lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034092

Filename

1034092