Eric J. Seibel

TL;DR: In this article, an endoscope is used to guide an ultra-thin flexible endoscope to a predetermined region of interest within a lung during a bronchoscopy procedure, which can be an opacity-identified by non-invasive imaging methods, such as high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) or as a malignant lung mass that was diagnosed in a previous examination.

TL;DR: In this paper, an integrated endoscopic image acquisition and therapeutic delivery system for use in minimally invasive medical procedures (MIMPs) is presented, which uses directed and scanned optical illumination provided by a scanning optical fiber or light waveguide that is driven by a piezoelectric or other electromechanical actuator included at a distal end of an integrated imaging and diagnostic/therapeutic instrument.

TL;DR: Burn patients report 35–50% reductions in procedural pain while in a distracting immersive virtual reality, and fMRI brain scans show associated reductions in pain-related brain activity during VR.

TL;DR: In this article, the scanning waveguide has a distal portion on which is formed a non-linear taper with a diameter that decreases toward the distal end of the waveguide.

TL;DR: A new and versatile scanning fiber‐imaging technology is reviewed and its implementation for ultrathin and flexible endoscopy is described, providing new options for in vivo biological research of subsurface tissue and high resolution fluorescence imaging.