Miniature in vivo MEMS-based line-scanned dual-axis confocal microscope for point-of-care pathology Journal Article
| Authors: | Yin, C.; Glaser, A. K.; Leigh, S. Y.; Chen, Y.; Wei, L.; Pillai, P. C. S.; Rosenberg, M. C.; Abeytunge, S.; Peterson, G.; Glazowski, C.; Sanai, N.; Mandella, M. J.; Rajadhyaksha, M.; Liu, J. T. C. |
| Article Title: | Miniature in vivo MEMS-based line-scanned dual-axis confocal microscope for point-of-care pathology |
| Abstract: | There is a need for miniature optical-sectioning microscopes to enable in vivo interrogation of tissues as a real-time and noninvasive alternative to gold-standard histopathology. Such devices could have a transformative impact for the early detection of cancer as well as for guiding tumor-resection procedures. Miniature confocal microscopes have been developed by various researchers and corporations to enable optical sectioning of highly scattering tissues, all of which have necessitated various trade-offs in size, speed, depth selectivity, field of view, resolution, image contrast, and sensitivity. In this study, a miniature line-scanned (LS) dual-axis confocal (DAC) microscope, with a 12-mm diameter distal tip, has been developed for clinical point-of-care pathology. The dual-axis architecture has demonstrated an advantage over the conventional singleaxis confocal configuration for reducing background noise from out-offocus and multiply scattered light. The use of line scanning enables fast frame rates (16 frames/sec is demonstrated here, but faster rates are possible), which mitigates motion artifacts of a hand-held device during clinical use. We have developed a method to actively align the illumination and collection beams in a DAC microscope through the use of a pair of rotatable alignment mirrors. Incorporation of a custom objective lens, with a small form factor for in vivo clinical use, enables our device to achieve an optical-sectioning thickness and lateral resolution of 2.0 and 1.1 microns respectively. Validation measurements with reflective targets, as well as in vivo and ex vivo images of tissues, demonstrate the clinical potential of this high-speed optical-sectioning microscopy device. © 2016 Optical Society of America. |
| Keywords: | confocal microscopy; fluorescence microscopy; medical and biological imaging; optical microelectromechanical devices; scanning microscopy |
| Journal Title: | Biomedical Optics Express |
| Volume: | 7 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| ISSN: | 2156-7085 |
| Publisher: | Optical Society of America |
| Date Published: | 2016-02-01 |
| Start Page: | 251 |
| End Page: | 263 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1364/boe.7.000251 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC4771446 |
| PUBMED: | 26977337 |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 2 May 2016 -- Source: Scopus |
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