Patent ID: 8923955
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for imaging a tissue, comprising: collecting a light signal from at least part of said tissue, using a fiber optic probe for fluorescence imaging, extending the fiber optic probe so that a distal tip of the fiber optic probe is placed at a distance of 15-300 micrometers from a target tissue to be imaged in the direction that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fiber optic probe, said imaging being made confocal at a proximal tip of said fiber optic probe; and obtaining a fluorescence image of the target tissue using the optical probe, wherein a tracking mechanism is used in the extending step to guide the extension of the distal tip of the fiber optic probe, such that the distal tip of the fiber optic probe is placed at the distance of 15-300 micrometers from the target tissue for imaging of the target tissue.