A handheld fiber-optic probe to enable optical coherence tomography of oral soft tissue
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME)
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This work presents a small, light-weight scanning probe for optical coherence tomography. We present an all-fiber optical design and integrate this with a magnetic scanning mechanism to create a probe the size of a pen (10mm x 140mm) and weighing only 10 grams. To demonstrate the high image quality, we performed imaging on the soft tissue in the mouths of six patients under-going examination for oral lichen planus. Our images show clear distinctions between normal and diseased tissue.
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