Multicolor fluorescence microscopy for surgical guidance using a chip-scale imager with a low-NA fiber optic plate and a multi-bandpass interference filter
Abstract
In curative-intent cancer surgery, intraoperative fluorescence imaging of both diseased and healthy tissue can help to ensure successful removal of all gross and microscopic disease with minimal damage to neighboring critical structures, such as nerves. Current fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) systems, however, rely on bulky and rigid optics that incur performance-limiting trade-offs between sensitivity and maneuverability. Moreover, many FGS systems are incapable of multiplexed imaging. As a result, clinical FGS is currently limited to millimeter-scale detection of a single fluorescent target. Here we present a scalable, lens-less fluorescence imaging chip, VISION, capable of sensitive and multiplexed detection within a compact form factor. Central to VISION is a novel optical frontend design combining a low-numerical-aperture fiber optic plate (LNA-FOP) and a multi-bandpass interference filter, which is affixed to a custom CMOS image sensor. The LNA-FOP acts as a planar collimator to improve resolution and compensate for the angle-sensitivity of the interference filter, enabling high-resolution and multiplexed fluorescence imaging without lenses. We show VISION is capable of detecting tumor foci of less than 100 cells at near video framerates and, as proof of principle, can simultaneously visualize both tumor and nerves in ex vivo prostate tissue.
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