Title
The OCT penlight: in-situ image guidance for microsurgery
Abstract
We have developed a new image-based guidance system for microsurgery using optical coherence tomography (OCT), which presents a virtual image in its correct location inside the scanned tissue. Applications include surgery of the cornea, skin, and other surfaces below which shallow targets may advantageously be displayed for the naked eye or low-power magnification by a surgical microscope or loupes (magnifying eyewear). OCT provides real-time high-resolution (3 micron) images at video rates within a two or more millimeter axial range in soft tissue, and is therefore suitable for guidance to various shallow targets such as Schlemm's canal in the eye (for treating Glaucoma) or skin tumors. A series of prototypes of the "OCT penlight" have produced virtual images with sufficient resolution and intensity to be useful under magnification, while the geometrical arrangement between the OCT scanner and display optics (including a half-silvered mirror) permits sufficient surgical access. The two prototypes constructed thus far have used, respectively, a miniature organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and a reflective liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) display. The OLED has the advantage of relative simplicity, satisfactory resolution (15 micron), and color capability, whereas the LCoS can produce an image with much higher intensity and superior resolution (12 micron), although it is monochromatic and more complicated optically. Intensity is a crucial limiting factor, since light flux is greatly diminished with increasing magnification, thus favoring the LCoS as the more practical system.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1117/12.844411
Proceedings of SPIE
Keywords
Field
DocType
image guided intervention,image guided procedure,optical coherence tomography,OCT,glaucoma,Schlemm's canal,canaloplasty,microsurgery,in-situ,penlight
Virtual image,Eyewear,Computer vision,Monochromatic color,Optical coherence tomography,Liquid crystal on silicon,Optics,Microscope,Scanner,Artificial intelligence,Magnification,Physics
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
7625
0277-786X
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.45
0
11
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
J.M. Galeotti17513.90
areej sajjad230.45
bo wang330.79
Larry Kagemann4111.44
gaurav shukla530.79
Mel Siegel628280.67
Bing Wu7727.01
Roberta L. Klatzky8827160.45
Gadi Wollstein9576.02
Joel S Schuman10638.75
george stetten1130.45