Title :
In vivo harmonic generation microscopy for least invasive virtual biopsy
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
Harmonic generations leave no energy in the interacted matters and is ideal for in vivo clinical applications. With a submicron spatial resolution, here we will present thr first-ever clinical trial resuilts on harmonic generation biopsy.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; harmonic generation; infrared imaging; skin; epi second harmonic geneeration; epi third harmonic generation; first-ever clinical trial; in vivo harmonic generation microscopy; in vivo infrared-based nonlinear optical skin imaging; least invasive virtual biopsy; submicron spatial resolution; Biopsy; Cancer; Diseases; Frequency conversion; In vivo; Optical harmonic generation; Optical imaging; Optical microscopy; Optical scattering; Spatial resolution;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5213200
