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- Title
Scanning and Actuation Techniques for Cantilever-Based Fiber Optic Endoscopic Scanners—A Review.
- Authors
Kaur, Mandeep; Lane, Pierre M.; Menon, Carlo
- Abstract
Endoscopes are used routinely in modern medicine for in-vivo imaging of luminal organs. Technical advances in the micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) and optical fields have enabled the further miniaturization of endoscopes, resulting in the ability to image previously inaccessible small-caliber luminal organs, enabling the early detection of lesions and other abnormalities in these tissues. The development of scanning fiber endoscopes supports the fabrication of small cantilever-based imaging devices without compromising the image resolution. The size of an endoscope is highly dependent on the actuation and scanning method used to illuminate the target image area. Different actuation methods used in the design of small-sized cantilever-based endoscopes are reviewed in this paper along with their working principles, advantages and disadvantages, generated scanning patterns, and applications.
- Subjects
MICROELECTROMECHANICAL systems; SCANNING systems; OPTICAL fiber networks; ENDOSCOPES; SHAPE memory alloys; ENDOSCOPIC ultrasonography; FIBERS
- Publication
Sensors (14248220), 2021, Vol 21, Issue 1, p251
- ISSN
1424-8220
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/s21010251