Multi-color miniature dual-axis confocal microscope for point-of-care pathology.

Autor: Leigh SY; Stony Brook University (SUNY), Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA., Liu JT
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Optics letters [Opt Lett] 2012 Jun 15; Vol. 37 (12), pp. 2430-2.
DOI: 10.1364/OL.37.002430
Abstrakt: We present a miniature microelectromechanical systems-based dual-axis confocal microscope capable of spatially coregistered fluorescence and reflectance imaging at multiple wavelengths. This device has a 10 mm diameter scan head with a 2 mm diameter tip for convenient use during surgery to guide tumor resection. The microscope has an adjustable focal depth of 20-200 micrometers and is capable of imaging with an axial resolution of 9 micrometers and in-plane resolution of 4 micrometers over a field of view of 450×450 micrometers. Simultaneous two-color imaging of individual optical sections is achieved by using a pair of grating-prism assemblies to compensate for chromatic dispersion in the 2 mm diameter gradient index relay lens at the distal tip of the device. Experimental measurements of the axial response of the microscope, as well as two-color images of a reflective bar target and fresh mouse brain tissues, demonstrate the performance of our device and its potential for multicolor in vivo optical sectioning microscopy.
Databáze: MEDLINE