Novel Optical Endoscopes for Early Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

• Main Author: Waterhouse, Dale Jonathan (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Medical physics.; Radiation.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Radiology.; Cancer research.; Medical and Radiation Physics.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Cancer Research.

This thesis describes the design, development, characterisation and clinical translation of three novel devices for optical endoscopic imaging. Over the past decade, rapid innovation in optics and photonics has led to the availability of low-cost and high-performance optical technologies that can be...

Table of Contents:

• Translation of Optical Imaging Techniques
• Flexible Endoscopy: Early Detection of Dysplasia in Barrett's Oesophagus
• Flexible Endoscopy : Device Architecture
• Flexible Endoscopy: Optical Molecular Imaging
• Flexible Endoscopy: Multispectral Imaging
• Rigid Endoscopy for Intraoperative Imaging of Pituitary Adenoma
• Conclusions and Outlook
• Appendix.