Abstract: A system is presented including a first lens for receiving a first image, a second lens for receiving a second image, the first and second lenses being synchronized with each other, and a mirror and prism assembly configured to receive the first and second images. The system further includes a single image sensor configured to receive the first and second images from the mirror and prism assembly, the first image projected onto a first side of the single image sensor and the second image projected onto a second side of the single image sensor. The system may also include at least one processor for separately processing the first image on the first side of the single image sensor and the second image on the second side of the single image sensor to reconstruct a three-dimensional image of an object.

Abstract: A fiber optic probe that eliminates extreme tip temperatures by radiating laser energy in a radial, 360° pattern from the surface of an exposed fiber optic tip is disclosed. In an embodiment, a fiber optic core is configured to operatively engage with a source of laser energy at a proximal end of the fiber optic tip, and, at a distal end of the fiber optic tip, includes a plurality of refracting surfaces configured to disperse laser energy in a radial pattern. In one embodiment, the refracting surfaces may be arranged as a plurality of annular prisms defined around the fiber core. In another embodiment, the refracting surfaces may be arranged as a plurality of concave lenses defined in the fiber optic tip. The temperature distribution of the disclosed probes is controlled and uniform, and may be tailored to radiate laser energy in any desired pattern which may be suitable to achieve an intended objective.

Abstract: A laparoscopic apparatus for imaging subsurface blood flow of tissue, the laparoscopic apparatus including a light source emitting white light via a light guide, a laser source emitting laser light via an optical fiber and a laparoscope that alternatively receives reflected laser light emitted from the laser source, and reflected white light emitted from the light source. The apparatus further includes a computing device receives the sensed resulted from the laparoscope and generates laser speckle contrast images or white light images according to an output status of the light source and the laser source, and a display that is operatively associated with the computing device and that displays at least one of the laser speckle contrast images and the white light images, where the laser speckle contrast images show the subsurface blood flow.