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ArticleBiomedical optics express2016

Ultrathin lensed fiber-optic probe for optical coherence tomography.

Y Qiu, Y Wang, K D Belfield, X Liu

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Article in Biomedical optics express, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Y QiuDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA.
Y WangDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA.
K D BelfieldCollege of Science and Liberal Arts, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA.
X LiuDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA.
New Jersey Institute of Technology · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated and validated a novel method to develop ultrathin lensed fiber-optic (LFO) probes for optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging. We made the LFO probe by attaching a segment of no core fiber (NCF) to the distal end of a single mode fiber (SMF) and generating a curved surface at the tip of the NCF using the electric arc of a fusion splicer. The novel fabrication approach enabled us to control the length of the NCF and the radius of the fiber lens independently. By strategically choosing these two parameters, the LFO probe could achieve a broad range of working distance and depth of focus for different OCT applications. A probe with 125μm diameter and lateral resolution up to 10μm was demonstrated. The low-cost, disposable and robust LFO probe is expected to have great potential for interstitial OCT imaging.

Indexed as

(060.2350) Fiber optics imaging(110.4500) Optical coherence tomography(170.2150) Endoscopic imaging

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PMID27375934
PMCPMC4918572
OpenAlexW2362499427

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