Andrew Masters

Director of Marketing, Coherent

Andrew Masters is Director of Marketing at Coherent (Santa Clara, CA).

(Courtesy of OptiScan)
FIGURE 1. The OptiScan confocal endomicroscopy system was used to collect a single optical section of the human descending colon in vivo following intravenous administration of fluorescein sodium (left). The image (500 µm field of view) shows well-defined and ordered crypts projecting onto the surface of the colonic mucosa. A corresponding histology image was collected en face from a biopsy section of tissue 6 µm thick (right).
Biomedicine

Microendoscopy takes a practical turn

March 1, 2008
Improvements in microlenses, laser sources, and—most important—communication between engineers and clinicians are yielding real-world in vivo imaging tools.
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Lasers & Sources

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS: Optically pumped semiconductor lasers expand the scope of potential applications

Dec. 1, 2006
OPS technology is finding increased use because of its wavelength and power scalability, as well as other important benefits, including extremely low amplitude noise and longer...