Endomicroscopy

Giannarou, Stamatia, Imperial College London; Xu, Chi; Roddan, Alfie, Imperial College London

doi:10.1117/3.100303.ch9

Endomicroscopy

Book: Biophotonics and Biosensing: From Fundamental Research to Clinical Trials Through Advances of Signal and Image Processing

Editor(s): Andrea Armani; Tatevik Chalyan; David D. Sampson

Chapter Author(s): Stamatia Giannarou, Chi Xu, Alfie Roddan

Published: 2024

https://doi.org/10.1117/3.100303.ch9

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Abstract

Endomicroscopy is an emerging imaging modality, which enables in vivo and in situ visualization of the tissue at microscopic level. Recent pilot studies suggest that this technique may have a role in identifying pathological tissue and improving tumor resection rates predominantly in neurosurgery and in the gastrointestinal, urological, and the respiratory tracts. To date, several endomicroscopic imaging systems, based on different fundamental optical imaging technologies, have been commercialized for clinical use.