NEW INSTRUMENT FOR INTERFEROMETRIC LARYNGOSCOPY

描述(调查人员摘要)：这项工作的长期目标 SBIR的建议是开发一种新的干涉喉镜，用于 研究和临床应用。空间分辨散斑 声带上表面的干涉图 发声将提供声带动态的实时分析，以 协助早期发现肿块，提高诊断率 精确度，并提供一种方法，通过该方法可以 评估过了。第一阶段将包括组装一个原型设备，以 展示可行性，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.