Title :
A fiber-optic nerve stimulation probe integrated with a precise common-path optical coherence tomography distance sensor
Author :
Zhang, Kang ; Katz, Elizabeth ; Kim, Do-Hyun ; Kang, Jin U. ; Ilev, Ilko K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We have demonstrated a simple and effective common-path optical coherence tomography guided fiber probe for optical nerve stimulation which improves the spatial precision and safety of stimulation laser power delivery.
Keywords :
Biomedical optical imaging; Fiber lasers; Integrated optics; Laser theory; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber sensors; Optical sensors; Probes; Stimulated emission; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
