NEW INSTRUMENT FOR INTERFEROMETRIC LARYNGOSCOPY

描述（研究者摘要）：本研究的长期目标 SBIR建议开发一种新的干涉喉镜， 研究和临床应用。 空间分辨散斑 声带上级表面的干涉图， 发声将提供声带动力学的真实的时间分析 有助于早期发现肿块病变，提高诊断 精确度，并提供一种方法，通过这种方法可以提高治疗效果， 评估。 第一阶段将组装一个原型装置， 证明可行性，而第二阶段将针对 该仪器的商业应用和向医院的营销， 医学研究中心和私人执业医生。

DESCRIPTION (Investigator's Abstract): The long-term objective of this SBIR proposal is to develop a new interferometric laryngoscope for research and clinical application. Spatially-resolved speckle interferograms of the superior surface of the vocal folds obtained during phonation will provide for real time analysis of vocal fold dynamics to assist in the early detection of mass lesions, to improve diagnostic precision, and to provide a means by which treatment efficacy may be assessed. Phase I will involve the assembly of a prototype device to demonstrate feasibility, while Phase II will be directed toward the commercial application and marketing of the instrument to hospitals, medical research centers, and physicians in private practice.