Title :
Optical biopsy needle for optical coherence tomography
Author :
Li, X. ; Ko, T. ; Pitris, C. ; Fujimoto, J.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given.Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a recently developed imaging technology, which performs cross sectional imaging in materials and biological tissues by measuring the echo delay and magnitude of backscattered light. The advantages of OCT compared with other existing imaging modalities include its high resolution (1-15 /spl mu/m), fast data acquisition speed, small size and portability and can be combined with birefringence, Doppler, and spectroscopic detection.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical imaging; data acquisition; light coherence; optical tomography; 1 to 15 mum; Doppler; backscattered light magnitude; biological tissues; birefringence; cross sectional imaging; echo delay; fast data acquisition speed; materials; medical diagnostic imaging; optical biopsy needle; optical coherence tomography; portability; small size; spectroscopic detection; Biological materials; Biological tissues; Biomedical optical imaging; Biopsy; High-resolution imaging; Needles; Optical imaging; Optical materials; Performance evaluation; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-634-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2000.907190
