Scanning fiber endoscopy with highly flexible, 1 mm catheterscopes for wide‐field, full‐color imaging

CM Lee, CJ Engelbrecht, TD Soper… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
In modern endoscopy, wide field of view and full color are considered necessary for
navigating inside the body, inspecting tissue for disease and guiding interventions such as …

Inhibition of TDP-43 aggregation by nucleic acid binding

YC Huang, KF Lin, RY He, PH Tu, J Koubek, YC Hsu… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The aggregation of TAR DNA-binding protein (TDP-43) has been shown as a hallmark of
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) since …

Double-clad fiber coupler for endoscopy

S Lemire-Renaud, M Rivard, M Strupler, D Morneau… - Optics express, 2010 - opg.optica.org
We present a double-clad fiber coupler (DCFC) for use in endoscopy to reduce speckle
contrast, increase signal collection and depth of field. The DCFC is made by fusing and …

Spectrally encoded probes

Z Wang, S Takeuchi - US Patent 10,234,694, 2019 - Google Patents
A novel endoscope, which can be a spectrally encoded endoscope (SEE) probe having
forward-view, side-view, or a combination of forward and side views is provided herein. The …

Phase Contrast Microscopy With Oblique Back-Illumination

JC Mertz, TN Ford, KK Chu - US Patent App. 14/388,847, 2015 - Google Patents
0003. The standard technique to assess tissue pathology in clinical applications is to
perform a biopsy 1. In general, assessment is made based on purely morphological consid …

Optical probe, light intensity detection, imaging method and system

GJ Tearney, D Kang, M Ikuta, K Yamazoe… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Exemplary apparatus, systems, methods of making, and methods of using a configuration in
an optical arrangement for forward viewing spectrally encoded endoscopy (SEE) probe can …

Apparatus and methods for color endoscopy

GJ Tearney, D Kang, M Ikuta - US Patent 10,095,020, 2018 - Google Patents
A probe can be provided having a grating adapted for color spectrally encoded imaging. The
probe can include a waveguide configuration, a light focusing configuration, and a grating …

Endoscope probes and systems, and methods for use therewith

S Takeuchi, JS Brauer, B Elmaanaoui… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
The present disclosure provides apparatuses and methods for color imaging and an
increased field of view using spectrally encoded endoscopy techniques. At least one of the …

Miniature forward-viewing spectrally encoded endoscopic probe

A Zeidan, D Yelin - Optics Letters, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Spectrally encoded endoscopy is a promising technique for minimally invasive imaging,
allowing high-quality imaging through small diameter probes that do not require rapid …

Spectral imaging using forward-viewing spectrally encoded endoscopy

A Zeidan, D Yelin - Biomedical Optics Express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Spectrally encoded endoscopy (SEE) enables miniature, small-diameter endoscopic probes
for minimally invasive imaging; however, using the broadband spectrum to encode space …