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Articles from Desmond Adler

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1. Bench-to-bedside success: intravascular optical coherence tomography
  
  Explore Home: SPIE.org Sep 6 2012 Cardiology
  
  After more than 20 years of academic research and industrial development, optical coherence tomography has found a new home in the interventional cardiology suite. If one were to ask a physician to describe an ideal medical imaging technology, the resulting wish list might include high resolution, high sensitivity, and rapid acquisition speeds, all delivered at low cost with minimal risk to the patient in a platform that is simple and easy to use. Neglect any one of these requirements, and the technology in question might at best be relegated to a niche research role. Since its invention in 1991 by ...
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  Mentions: Desmond C. Adler Massachusetts Institute of Technology James G. Fujimoto
2. Miniature Optical Elements For Fiber-Optic Beam Shaping
  
  Explore wipo.int Oct 27 2011 Patents , Probes
  
  In part, the invention relates to optical caps having at least one lensed surface configured to redirect and focus light outside of the cap. The cap is placed over an optical fiber. Optical radiation travels through the fiber and interacts with the optical surface or optical surfaces of the cap, resulting in a beam that is either focused at a distance outside of the cap or substantially collimated. The optical elements such as the elongate caps described herein can be used with various data collection modalities such optical coherence tomography. In part, the invention relates to a lens assembly that ...
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  Mentions: Desmond C. Adler Joseph M. Schmitt Chris L. Petersen
3. Miniature Optical Elements For Fiber-Optic Beam Shaping
  
  Explore wipo.int Oct 26 2011 Patents
  
  In part, the invention relates to optical caps having at least one lensed surface configured to redirect and focus light outside of the cap. The cap is placed over an optical fiber. Optical radiation travels through the fiber and interacts with the optical surface or optical surfaces of the cap, resulting in a beam that is either focused at a distance outside of the cap or substantially collimated. The optical elements such as the elongate caps described herein can be used with various data collection modalities such optical coherence tomography. In part, the invention relates to a lens assembly that ...
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  Mentions: Desmond C. Adler Joseph M. Schmitt Chris L. Petersen
4. Clinical studies of frequency domain optical coherence tomography in the coronary arteries: the first 200 patients
  
  Explore SPIE Digital Library Mar 4 2010 Cardiology
  
  We report clinical study results of three-dimensional (3D) in vivo imaging of human coronary arteries using frequency domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT). At the time of this report, over 2000 patients in over 10 countries have been imaged using FD-OCT systems and disposable fiberoptic catheters developed by LightLab Imaging Inc. The first commercial versions of the systems were introduced in Europe in May 2009. The system operates at 50,000 axial lines/s, performing a 50 mm spiral pullback in 2.5 seconds with a rotational frame rate of 100 Hz. The commercial system employs a proprietary micro-cavity swept laser ...
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  Mentions: Desmond C. Adler Joseph M. Schmitt Chris L. Petersen
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