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ArticleBiomedical optics express2018

Circumferential-scanning endoscopic optical coherence tomography probe based on a circular array of six 2-axis MEMS mirrors.

Site Luo, Dan Wang, Jianyu Tang, Liang Zhou, Can Duan, Donglin Wang, Hao Liu, Yu Zhu, Guoxing Li, Hui Zhao and 6 more

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Article in Biomedical optics express, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors at 9 institutions in 2 countries.

Site LuoDepartment of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Dan WangDepartment of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Jianyu TangDepartment of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Liang ZhouUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 26110-613, USA.
Can DuanUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 26110-613, USA.
Donglin WangSchool of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, 450000, China.
Hao LiuDepartment of General Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515 China.
Yu ZhuDepartment of General Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515 China.
Guoxing LiDepartment of General Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515 China.
Hui ZhaoFoshan Optomedic Technologies Co., Ltd. Foshan, 280000, China.
Yuqing WuSuzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215000, China.
Xin AnFoshan Optomedic Technologies Co., Ltd. Foshan, 280000, China.
Xinling LiWuxi WiO Technologies Co. Ltd., Wuxi, 214000, China.
Yabing LiuWuxi WiO Technologies Co. Ltd., Wuxi, 214000, China.
Li HuoDepartment of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Huikai XieUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 26110-613, USA.
Southern Medical University · CNFoshan University · CNUniversity of Florida · USZhengzhou University of Light Industry · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNGfK (United States) · USKing Center · USSuzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics · CNTsinghua University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a novel circumferential-scan endoscopic optical coherence tomography (OCT) probe by using a circular array of six electrothermal microelectromechanical (MEMS) mirrors and six C-lenses. The MEMS mirrors have a 0.5 mm × 0.5 mm mirror plate and a chip size of 1.5 mm × 1.3 mm. Each MEMS mirror can scan up to 45° at a voltage of less than 12 V. Six of those mirrors have been successfully packaged to a probe head; full circumferential scans have been demonstrated. Furthermore, each scan unit is composed of a MEMS mirror and a C-lens and the six scan units can be designed with different focal lengths to adapt for lesions with uneven surfaces. Configured with a swept source OCT system, this MEMS array-based circumferential scanning probe has been applied to image a swine's small intestine wrapped on a 20 mm-diameter glass tube. The OCT imaging result shows that this new MEMS endoscopic OCT has promising applications in large tubular organs.

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(110.4500) Optical coherence tomography(170.2150) Endoscopic imaging(350.3950) Micro-optics

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PMID29760973
PMCPMC5946774
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