Single Chip Device on Fingertip (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Single Chip Device on Fingertip

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This is a single-chip catheter-based device that would provide forward-looking, real-time, three-dimensional imaging from inside the heart, coronary arteries and peripheral blood vessels is shown on the tip of a finger. A microscope image of the device is shown behind it.

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Georgia Tech Photo: Rob Felt

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