Title :
Mid-infrared fiberoptic devices and systems for in vivo medical diagnostics and surgery
Author :
Seddon, Angela B.
Author_Institution :
Mid-Infrared Photonics Group of the George Green Institute for Electromagnetics Research, University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
Abstract :
We are establishing a new paradigm in mid-infrared sensing, mapping and imaging to open up the mid-infrared for in vivo medical-diagnostics, for early diagnosis of cancer and mid-infrared endoscopic-monitoring of cancer-margins during surgery.
Keywords :
Biomedical imaging; Cancer; In vivo; Optical fiber devices; Photonics; Surgery; in vivo diagnostics; mid-infrared-endoscopy; mid-infrared-fiber-optics; mid-infrared-imaging; mid-infrared-photonics; mid-infrared-sensing;
Conference_Titel :
Summer Topicals Meeting Series (SUM), 2015
Conference_Location :
Nassau, Bahamas
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-7467-2
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2015.7248283
