Title :
Optical coherence tomography of living and fabricated microfluidic systems
Author :
Boppart, Stephen A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
Optical coherence tomography provides high-resolution, real-time data acquisition of both microstructure and function in living and fabricated microfluidic systems. As fabricated microfluidic devices become more complex 3D systems with active and passive components, OCT has the potential to non-invasively assess performance, thus enabling improved design. In this post-genomic period of research, OCT has the potential to aid in the identification of not only morphological mutations, but also functional mutations in developmental biology
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; medical image processing; microfluidics; optical tomography; active components; developmental biology; fabricated microfluidic devices; fabricated microfluidic systems; functional mutations; high-resolution real-time data acquisition; living microfluidic systems; microstructure; morphological mutations; optical coherence tomography; passive components; post-genomic research period; Biomedical optical imaging; High-resolution imaging; Microfluidics; Optical filters; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Tomography; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7105-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2001.969237
