Grant: Collaborative Health Research Projects
University of British Columbia
$203,095.00
Development of a confocal endoscope for gastrointestinal cancer diagnosis
FY 2018-19
Summary
In recent years, various optical microscopy techniques have been developed for nondestructive*imaging of biological tissues, including optical coherence tomography, reflectancemode*confocal microscopy, fluorescence-mode confocal microscopy, and multiphoton*excitation microscopy. Each imaging modality has its own advantages and disadvantages.*Previously, confocal microscopy has shown progress in skin cancer imaging and*demonstrated potential in other cancer diagnosis. However, moving confocal imaging*modalities into endoscopy applications is challenging in that miniaturized catheter probes*have to be developed to pass through the endoscope instrument channel that is a few*millimeter diameter in size. In this research, we aim to use MEMES (Microelectromechanical*Systems) technology to make a miniature confocal optical probe that will produce histologylike*cross sectional images and 3D images of tissue in vivo for GI (gastrointestinal) cancer*diagnosis.
Program
Collaborative Health Research Projects
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
508410-2017
Name nom
Chiao, Mu
Department département
Mechanical Engineering
Organization id
2
Institution établissement
University of British Columbia
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2018
Competition year année de concours
2017
Award amount
203095
Program id
CHRPJ
Program name en
Collaborative Health Research Projects
Program name fr
Projets de recherche concertée sur la santé
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
360
Committee name en
Collaborative Health Research Projects Selection Panel
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection de projets de recherche concertée sur la santé
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
9999
Research subject group en
Not available
Research subject group fr
Non disponible
Research subject en
Not available
Research subject fr
Non disponible
Partie
2
Nb partie
3
Application title
Development of a confocal endoscope for gastrointestinal cancer diagnosis
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
In recent years, various optical microscopy techniques have been developed for nondestructive*imaging of biological tissues, including optical coherence tomography, reflectancemode*confocal microscopy, fluorescence-mode confocal microscopy, and multiphoton*excitation microscopy. Each imaging modality has its own advantages and disadvantages.*Previously, confocal microscopy has shown progress in skin cancer imaging and*demonstrated potential in other cancer diagnosis. However, moving confocal imaging*modalities into endoscopy applications is challenging in that miniaturized catheter probes*have to be developed to pass through the endoscope instrument channel that is a few*millimeter diameter in size. In this research, we aim to use MEMES (Microelectromechanical*Systems) technology to make a miniature confocal optical probe that will produce histologylike*cross sectional images and 3D images of tissue in vivo for GI (gastrointestinal) cancer*diagnosis.
