Microendoscopic spectral imaging as a tool for small ductual diagnostics: Preliminary experience

A. Douplik, W. L. Leong, A. M. Easson, S. Done, B. C. Wilson, A. Shahmoon, Z. Zalevsky

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Abstract

A technical feasibility of autofluorescence ductoscopy in breast milk ducts as blood vessels phantoms has been assessed as successful. Malignant tumor can be clearly identified through the milk ducts. We also present the operation principle as well as the preliminary experimental results of a new type of microsize multicore fiber that enables imaging through blood vessel phantoms. Imaging of a manipulated microwire through a drilled phantom is presented.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1250021
JournalJournal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences
Volume5
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2012

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Ontario Research and Development Challenge Fund, the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation and Xillix Technologies Corp., Canada. The authors thank Dr. B. Shnapir of Barr Associates, USA and Mr. S. Miike of Fibertech, Japan for their cooperation. The

Funding Information:
authors gratefully acknowledge funding of the Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT) by the German National Science Foundation (DFG) in the framework of the excellence initiative.

Funding

This study was supported by the Ontario Research and Development Challenge Fund, the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation and Xillix Technologies Corp., Canada. The authors thank Dr. B. Shnapir of Barr Associates, USA and Mr. S. Miike of Fibertech, Japan for their cooperation. The authors gratefully acknowledge funding of the Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT) by the German National Science Foundation (DFG) in the framework of the excellence initiative.

FundersFunder number
German National Science Foundation
Ontario Research and Development Challenge Fund
Xillix Technologies Corp.
Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Erlangen Graduate School of Advanced Optical Technologies

    Keywords

    • Cancer margin delineation
    • autofluorescence imaging
    • endoscopy
    • microendoscopy
    • multicore fibers
    • surgical guidance

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