Thermomechanical Actuator-Based Three-Axis Optical Scanner for High-Speed Two-Photon Endomicroscope Imaging
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Chen, Shih-Chi
Choi, Heejin
So, Peter T. C.
Culpepper, Martin Luther
Date Issued
May 2014
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Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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Chen, Shih-Chi, Heejin Choi, Peter T. C. So, and Martin L. Culpepper. “Thermomechanical Actuator-Based Three-Axis Optical Scanner for High-Speed Two-Photon Endomicroscope Imaging.” Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 23, no. 3 (June 2014): 570–578.
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Abstract
This paper presents the design and characterization of a three-axis thermomechanical actuator-based endoscopic scanner for obtaining ex vivo two-photon images. The scanner consisted of two sub-systems: 1) an optical system (prism, gradient index lens, and optical fiber) that was used to deliver and collect light during imaging and 2) a small-scale silicon electromechanical scanner that could raster scan the focal point of the optics through a specimen. The scanner can be housed within a 7 mm Ø endoscope port and can scan at the speed of 3 kHz x 100 Hz × 30 Hz along three axes throughout a 125 × 125 × 100 μm[superscript 3] volume. The high-speed thermomechanical actuation was achieved through the use of geometric contouring, pulsing technique, and mechanical frequency multiplication (MFM), where MFM is a new method for increasing the device cycling speed by pairing actuators of unequal forward and returning stroke speeds. Sample cross-sectional images of 15-μm fluorescent beads are presented to demonstrate the resolution and optical cross-sectioning capability of the two-photon imaging system.
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Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1109/jmems.2013.2287708
