摘要:
A connector to connect a fiber bundle probe to a light injection module including a tightening cam having an opening of a specified shape adapted to receive the fiber bundle probe, a cam driving coupled to the tightening cam, wherein the tightening cam is configured to translate in response to rotation of the cam driving until the tightening cam is blocked, at least one spring extending between the tightening cam and the cam driving, wherein the at least one spring is configured to resist when the cam driving is actuated by rotation and the tightening cam is blocked, and a locking mechanism to lock the cam driving into a selected position.
摘要:
The invention concerns a method using an image guide consisting of several thousands of optical fibers, an excitation signal being emitted by a source, deflected and injected by turns into the optical fibers of said guide, each excitation point of the tissue in the fiber output emitting in return a fluorescence signal collected by said fiber, then detected and digitized to form an image element. According to a first aspect of the invention, the method provides for the focussing of the beam in the fiber output to excite a subsurface plane to produce a confocal image. According to a second aspect, the method provides for the production of a divergent beam in the fiber output capable of exciting a micro-volume of the tissue from the surface. The invention is characterized in that the method consists in deflecting the excitation signal at a speed corresponding to acquisition of a number of images per second sufficient for real time use and in detecting the fluorescence signal at a detecting frequency corresponding to a minimum frequency for sampling the fibers one by one. The invention enables in vivo, in situ and real time imaging.
摘要:
The invention concerns a method using an image guide consisting of several thousands of optical fibers, an excitation signal being emitted by a source, deflected and injected by turns into the optical fibers of said guide, each excitation point of the tissue in the fiber output emitting in return a fluorescence signal collected by said fiber, then detected and digitized to form an image element. According to a first aspect of the invention, the method provides for the focussing of the beam in the fiber output to excite a subsurface plane to produce a confocal image. According to a second aspect, the method provides for the production of a divergent beam in the fiber output capable of exciting a micro-volume of the tissue from the surface. The invention is characterized in that the method consists in deflecting the excitation signal at a speed corresponding to acquisition of a number of images per second sufficient for real time use and in detecting the fluorescence signal at a detecting frequency corresponding to a minimum frequency for sampling the fibers one by one. The invention enables in vivo, in situ and real time imaging.