Ballistic and snake photon imaging for locating optical endomicroscopy fibres

Michael George Tanner, Tushar Choudhary, T. H. Craven, Beth Mills, Mark Bradley, R. K. Henderson, Kevin Dhaliwal, Robert R. Thomson

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Abstract

We demonstrate determination of the location of the distal-end of a fibre-optic
device deep in tissue through the imaging of ballistic and snake photons using a time resolved single-photon detector array. The fibre was imaged with centimetre resolution, within clinically relevant settings and models. This technique can overcome the limitations imposed by tissue scattering in optically determining the in vivo location of fibre-optic medical instruments.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4077-4095
Number of pages19
JournalBiomedical Optics Express
Volume8
Issue number9
Early online date14 Aug 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sep 2017

Keywords

  • Clinical applications
  • Imaging through turbid media
  • Light propagation in tissues
  • Medical and biological imaging
  • Photon counting
  • Time-resolved imaging

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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    Tanner, M. G., Choudhary, T., Craven, T. H., Mills, B., Bradley, M., Henderson, R. K., Dhaliwal, K., & Thomson, R. R. (2017). Ballistic and snake photon imaging for locating optical endomicroscopy fibres. Biomedical Optics Express, 8(9), 4077-4095. https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.8.004077