Handheld forward-imaging needle endoscope for ophthalmic optical coherence tomography inspection

Shuo Han; Marinko V. Sarunic; Jigang Wu; Mark S. Humayun M.D.; Changhuei Yang

doi:10.1117/1.2904664

1 March 2008 Handheld forward-imaging needle endoscope for ophthalmic optical coherence tomography inspection

Shuo Han, Marinko V. Sarunic, Jigang Wu, Mark S. Humayun M.D., Changhuei Yang

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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 13, Issue 2, 020505 (March 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2904664

Abstract

We report the narrowest to-date (21 gauge, 820-μm-diam) handheld forward-imaging optical coherence tomography (OCT) needle endoscope and demonstrate its feasibility for ophthalmic OCT inspection. The probe design is based on paired-angle-rotation scanning (PARS), which enables a linear B-scan pattern in front of the probe tip by using two counterrotating angle polished gradient-index (GRIN) lenses. Despite its small size, the probe can provide a numerical apertune (NA) of 0.22 and an experimental sensitivity of 92 dB at 0.5 frame/s. The feasibility of retinal imaging is tested on enucleated ex vivo porcine eyes, where structural features including remnant vitreous humor, retina, and choroid can be clearly distinguished. Due to its imaging quality comparable to a commercial OCT system and compatibility with the current ophthalmic surgery standard, the probe can potentially serve as a better alternative to traditional visual inspection by white light illumination during vitreoretinal surgery (e.g., vitrectomy).

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Shuo Han, Marinko V. Sarunic, Jigang Wu, Mark S. Humayun M.D., and Changhuei Yang "Handheld forward-imaging needle endoscope for ophthalmic optical coherence tomography inspection," Journal of Biomedical Optics 13(2), 020505 (1 March 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2904664

Published: 1 March 2008

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Optical coherence tomography

GRIN lenses

Vitreous

Retina

Surgery

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