Fiber-optic-bundle-based optical coherence tomography

Opt Lett. 2005 Jul 15;30(14):1803-5. doi: 10.1364/ol.30.001803.

Abstract

A fiber-optic-bundle-based optical coherence tomography (OCT) probe method is presented. The experimental results demonstrate this multimode optical fiber-bundle-based OCT system can achieve a lateral resolution of 12 microm and an axial resolution of 10 microm with a superluminescent diode source. This novel OCT imaging approach eliminates any moving parts in the probe and has a primary advantage for use in extremely compact and safe OCT endoscopes for imaging internal organs and great potential to be combined with confocal endoscopic microscopy.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Fiber Optic Technology / instrumentation*
  • Image Enhancement / instrumentation*
  • Image Enhancement / methods
  • Optical Fibers
  • Rabbits
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / instrumentation*
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods
  • Trachea / cytology*