A fiber-optic bundle based optical coherence tomography (OCT) probe method is demonstrated in a multimode optical fiber bundle based OCT system. The system can achieve a lateral resolution of 12 .mu.m and an axial resolution of 10 .mu.m using a super-luminescent diode source. This imaging approach eliminates any moving parts in the probe and has a primary advantage for use in extremely compact and safe OCT endoscopes to image internal organs and great potential to be combined with confocal endoscopic microscopy.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is related to U.S. Provisional Patent Application, Ser. No. 60/672,473 filed on Apr. 18, 2005, which is incorporated herein by reference and to which priority is claimed pursuant to 35 USC 119.
