Physical Society Colloquium

Single fiber endoscopy

Caroline Boudoux

Département de génie physique
Polytechnique Montréal

Endoscopy has changed modern medicine by allowing physicians explore inner organs with minimal trauma. Single fiber endoscopes offer the potential to further increase patient comfort and increase access to remote organs through miniaturization. Current research focusses on sub-milimeter endoscopy using dedicated optical fibers for imaging large volumes of tissue. One such fiber - a double clad fiber - allows many imaging modalities to be performed simultaneously for greater diagnostic sensitivity and specificity. In this presentation, I will present our latest research in fiber optics for miniature endoscopy and discuss potential avenues, including theragnostics: the capability to treat a lesion as you see it.