Title :
Microscope-in-a-needle technology for deep-tissue 3D imaging
Author :
Sampson, D.D. ; Quirk, B.C. ; Curatolo, A. ; Scolaro, L. ; Kirk, R.W. ; Lorenser, D. ; Pillai, R.S. ; McLaughlin, R.A.
Author_Institution :
Opt.+Biomed. Eng. Lab., Univ. of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
Abstract :
Practical micro-imaging deep in solid tissues will open up new avenues in research on clinical diagnosis and treatment of disease. We report on our recent advances in optical microscope-in-a-needle technology capable of 3D micro-imaging in situ.
Keywords :
bioMEMS; biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; micro-optomechanical devices; optical microscopes; optical microscopy; patient diagnosis; patient treatment; 3D in situ microimaging; clinical diagnosis; deep solid tissue microimaging; deep tissue 3D imaging; disease treatment; microscope in a needle technology; optical microscope;
Conference_Titel :
Information Photonics (IP), 2011 ICO International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-315-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICO-IP.2011.5953752
