These optical fibers could save lives

摘要

start-up company is developing fibers thatcould provide real-time information ascardiologists open clogged arteries. An-ther start-up is using fibers to enable gas-troenterologists to search the esophagus colon for tissue that could becomecancerous. And a headset that uses optical fibers to channel light to the brain couldenable physicians to examine patients whohave experienced brain injury without thecost and bulk associated with an MRI orCT scanner. These are just some of theways that optical fibers could save lives inthe years to come.