Title :
Biomedical nonlinear-optical imaging systems
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Material & Life Sci., Osaka Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Nonlinear-optical 3D visualization techniques are reviewed. One is a multi-wavelength two-photon excited fluorescence microscopy with a supercontinuum light source. The other is a novel 3D microspectroscopy technique based on the four wave mixing process.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; fluorescence; multiwave mixing; optical microscopy; spectroscopy; supercontinuum generation; two-photon processes; 3D microspectroscopy; 3D visualization; biomedical nonlinear-optical imaging; four wave mixing; multiwavelength two-photon excited fluorescence microscopy; supercontinuum light source; Biomedical imaging; Fluorescence; Four-wave mixing; Microscopy; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548290
