Optical Coherence Tomography Scanning Arm for Laryngoscopy

University of California Irvine — Department of Otolaryngology
2003–04

Currently laryngeal cancer can only be diagnosed with biopsies which are invasive, permanently damaging, and can miss cancerous tissue.  Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is an imaging technique that non-invasively images several millimeters into tissue to seek structural abnormalities, which can indicate cancer.  We will design and construct an OCT device for attachments to a laryngoscope that will image two-dimensional cross-sections in the larynx, for the purpose of diagnosing laryngeal cancer in its early stages.

Advisor(s): Richard Campbell Haskell, Elizabeth Orwin, and Robert P. Wolf.

Team: Seneca S. Harberger ’05, River L. [Hutchison] Clemens ’04, Rachel J. [Lovec] Currie ’04, Nikhil Gheewala ’04, and Tonya Icenogle ’04.