High-efficiency and side-viewing micro fiber optic probe for in-vivo diffuse reflectance measurements of human epithelial tissues. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • In this paper, we present a new micro fiber optic probe for in-vivo diffuse reflectance measurements of human epithelial tissues. The probe consists of seven, 120 x 120 microm collection fibers and one 200 microm incidence source fiber, arranged into a side-viewing configuration by using curved air-core waveguides with high optical transmittance. The outer dimension of the probe is 2 x 8mm(2). The extremely small size, high transmission efficiency and side-viewing capability of the new probe make it suitable for endoscopic spectroscopic applications inside the human body.

published proceedings

  • Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc

author list (cited authors)

  • Garcia-Uribe, A., Balareddy, K. C., Chang, C., Yapici, M. K., Zou, J., & Wang, L. V.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Garcia-Uribe, Alejandro||Balareddy, Karthik C||Chang, Cheng-Chung||Yapici, Murat K||Zou, Jun||Wang, Lihong V

publication date

  • September 2009

publisher