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In particular, endoscopes using optical coherence tomography (OCT), which provides depth-resolved imaging, have been used on >410,000 patients to improve clinical outcomes 5.

The ability to provide microstructural information with the smallest optical coherence tomography catheter opens a gateway for novel minimally invasive applications in disease.įiber-optic endoscopes have become an indispensable clinical tool, providing diagnostic images of the internal lumen of hollow organs and real-time guidance during interventions 1, 2, 3, 4. We demonstrated image quality and mechanical flexibility by imaging atherosclerotic human and mouse arteries. This is the smallest freeform 3D imaging probe yet reported, with a diameter of 0.457 mm, including the catheter sheath. Using this technique, we built a fully functional ultrathin aberration-corrected optical coherence tomography probe. To overcome this limitation, we developed a novel ultrathin probe fabrication technique that utilizes 3D microprinting to reliably create side-facing freeform micro-optics (<130 µm diameter) on single-mode fibers. However, current fabrication methods limit the imaging performance of highly miniaturized probes, restricting their widespread application. Miniaturized endoscopic probes are necessary for imaging small luminal or delicate organs without causing trauma to tissue. Preclinical and clinical diagnostics increasingly rely on techniques to visualize internal organs at high resolution via endoscopes.

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