FLUORESCENCE-PHOTOACOUSTIC SIGNAL DETECTION OPTICAL PROBE FOR DETECTING FLUORESCENCE SIGNAL AND PHOTOACOUSTIC SIGNAL USING TRANSDUCER WITH BUILT-IN OPTICAL FIBER

摘要

The present invention relates to an optical probe, and, more specifically, to a fluorescence-photoacoustic signal detection optical probe which is a medical hybrid probe applied to a preclinical and a clinical trial to simultaneously or selectively form a fluorescence signal and a photoacoustic signal which are expressed in a body, thereby performing image comparison and micro-functional image generation through one probe. The optical probe according to the feature of the present invention includes: a photoacoustic waveguide emitting a photoacoustic light source; a fluorescence light source waveguide emitting a fluorescence light source; a fluorescence image-optical fiber part for detecting fluorescence; and a photoacoustic transducer for detecting the photoacoustic signal and the optical probe detects one or both of the fluorescence and ?‹photoacoustic signals.;COPYRIGHT KIPO 2014