Interventional optical coherence tomography for surgical guidance

Author

Boppart, Stephen A. ; Herrmann, J.M. ; Pitris, C. ; Bouma, B.E. ; Tearney, G.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

123

Lastpage

124

Abstract

Summary form only given. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) uses low-coherence interferometry to perform optical ranging measurements within biological tissue. Recent advances in OCT technology have permitted high-speed imaging at 4-8 frames/s. In vivo catheter/endoscope-based OCT imaging has recently been performed in a rabbit. OCT has also shown a feasibility for surgical diagnostics and for assessing microsurgical repairs of vessels and nerves. In this study, we investigate the use of high-speed OCT as an interventional imaging modality for surgical guidance. OCT can provide continuous image-guidance for the precise delivery of high-power laser radiation and selective ablation of diseased tissue.

Keywords

biomedical imaging; laser applications in medicine; light coherence; light interferometry; optical tomography; surgery; biological tissue; continuous image-guidance; diseased tissue; high-power laser radiation; high-speed imaging; interventional imaging modality; interventional optical coherence tomography; low-coherence interferometry; optical ranging measurements; precise delivery; selective ablation; surgical diagnostics; surgical guidance; Biological tissues; Biomedical optical imaging; Catheters; High speed optical techniques; In vivo; Laser surgery; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Performance evaluation; Tomography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.675951

Filename

675951