Micro-Endoscopy
May 7, 2013 | Terry Sharrer
Normal human vision can see things as small as 125 microns (i.e. 125 thousands of a millimeter); today’s best endoscopes can resolve images as small as 10 microns; but engineers at Stanford have developed an endoscope as thin as a human hair that can reach 2.5 microns—opening the way for applications like imaging neuronal cell behavior in the brain and muscle physiology. It also is another tool in advancing minimally invasive surgery which is capable of converting in-patient operations to out-patient, thereby transforming the hospital business. MORE