Title :
Ultrahigh resolution optical coherence tomography for in vivo endoscopic imaging of the rabbit
Author :
Herz, P.R. ; Chen, Y. ; Schneider, K. ; Hsiung, P. ; Fujimoto, J.G. ; Madden, K. ; Schmitt, J. ; Koski, A. ; Goodnow, J. ; Peterson, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
Ultrahigh resolution endoscopic OCT using a broadband Cr4+ :forsterite laser light source is demonstrated in vivo in the rabbit. Imaging of the esophagus was performed with <4 mum axial resolution in tissue and correlated with histology
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; endoscopes; image resolution; laser applications in medicine; optical tomography; Cr4+:forsterite laser; Mg2SiO4:Cr4+; axial resolution; esophagus; histology; in vivo endoscopic imaging; optical coherence tomography; rabbit; tissue;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
