Question

How can fiber optics be used in medicine?

Answer 1

Fiber optics in medicine are most applicable in the imaging and illumination components of endoscopes.

Fibre optics in medicine include remote spectrophotometry, pressure and position sensing, or scintillation counting.

Traditional medical fiber optic applications include light therapy, x-ray imaging, ophthalmic lasers, lab and clinical diagnostics, dental hand pieces, surgical and diagnostic instrumentation, endoscopy, surgical microscopy, and a wide range of equipment and instrument illumination.