Fabrication of a fast fiber scanner for fluorescence microendoscopy (Conference Presentation)

Fiber optic scanning microendoscopy enables fluorescence microscopy deep within the body. These devices are essentially miniature laser scanning microscopes for linear (confocal or wide-field) and nonlinear (multiphoton) imaging applications. We present simple methods to fabricate a low-cost miniature fiber scanning microendoscope probe with specifications that promise video rate imaging applications.