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High-resolution Fiber-optic Microendoscopy for in situ Cellular Imaging
Published on: January 11, 2011
Fast handheld two-photon fluorescence microendoscope with a 475 microm x 475 microm field of view for in vivo imaging
Hongchun Bao1, John Allen, Robert Pattie
1The Center for Micro-Photonics, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia. hbao@swin.edu.au
Abstract:
A fast handheld two-photon fiber-optic fluorescence endoscope for three-dimensional (3D) in vivo cellular imaging is developed. The compact handheld probe of the two-photon endoscope can simply be placed into contact with the target tissue to reveal clear 3D surface and subsurface histological images without biopsy. The new system has, to the best of our knowledge, the largest field of view (FOV) of 475 microm x 475 microm and a 3D imaging volume larger than 475 microm x 475 microm x 250 microm. A real-time two-photon fluorescence image is displayed at 0.4 mm(2)/s. The lateral and axial resolutions of the two-photon fluorescence endoscope are better than 1 and 14.5 microm, respectively.
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