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Design and evaluation of an ultra-slim objective for in-vivo deep optical biopsy

An estimated 1.6 million breast biopsies are performed in the US each year. In order to provide real-time, in-vivo imaging with sub-cellular resolution for optical biopsies, we have designed an ultra-slim objective to fit inside the 1-mm-diameter hypodermic needles currently used for breast biopsies...

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Autores principales: Landau, Sara M., Liang, Chen, Kester, Robert T., Tkaczyk, Tomasz S., Descour, Michael R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Optical Society of America 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2909099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20389489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.004758
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Sumario:An estimated 1.6 million breast biopsies are performed in the US each year. In order to provide real-time, in-vivo imaging with sub-cellular resolution for optical biopsies, we have designed an ultra-slim objective to fit inside the 1-mm-diameter hypodermic needles currently used for breast biopsies to image tissue stained by the fluorescent probe proflavine. To ensure high-quality imaging performance, experimental tests were performed to characterize fiber bundle’s light-coupling efficiency and simulations were performed to evaluate the impact of candidate lens materials’ autofluorescence. A prototype of NA = 0.4, 250-µm field of view, ultra-slim objective optics was built and tested, yielding diffraction-limited performance and estimated resolution of 0.9 µm. When used in conjunction with a commercial coherent fiber bundle to relay the image formed by the objective, the measured resolution was 2.5 µm.