Dispersion compensation for proximal scanning rigid OCT endoscopes

E. Lankenau, Matthias Schumacher, P. Koch, F. König, D. Daniltchenko, D. Schnorr, G. Hüttmann

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Abstract

Combining endoscopy with optical coherence tomography (OCT) can improve the diagnosis in minimal invasive procedures. Up to now OCT probes were constructed using rotating or moving single-mode fibers or micro scanners at the tip of the probe. We describe an endoscopie OCT system which uses a specially designed rigid endoscope with an extracorporal scanner to create OCT images with 15 μm resolution. The OCT endoscope was constructed using a 270 mm gradient index lens with a diameter of 3 mm. Dispersion of the endoscope was compensated in the OCT interferometer by an all fiber approach. The system is now being tested for detecting malignancies in the urinary bladder.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelCoherence Domain Optical Methods and Optical Coherence Tomography in Biomedicine VIII
Redakteure/-innenValery V. Tuchin, Joseph A. Izatt, James G. Fujimoto
Seitenumfang6
Band5316
Herausgeber (Verlag)SPIE
Erscheinungsdatum01.07.2004
Seiten172-177
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 01.07.2004
VeranstaltungCoherence Domain Optical Methods and Optical Coherence Tomography in Biomedicine VIII - San Jose, USA / Vereinigte Staaten
Dauer: 26.01.200428.01.2004
Konferenznummer: 63682

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