World's first fiber-optic ultrasonic imaging probe for future nanoscale disease diagnostics
E-Mail IMAGE: Concept art showing the 3D mapping of microscopic objects by the phonon probe system. The optical fibre contains a metal layer on its tip and projects red laser light into... view more Credit: Dr Salvatore La Cavera Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed an ultrasonic imaging system, which can be deployed on the tip of a hair-thin optical fibre, and will be insertable into the human body to visualise cell abnormalities in 3D. The new technology produces microscopic and nanoscopic resolution images that will one day help clinicians to examine cells...