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G01N 21/64 (2006.01) A61B 1/00 (2006.01) A61B 1/07 (2006.01) A61B 5/00 (2006.01) G01N 21/63 (2006.01) G02B 21/00 (2006.01) G02B 23/14 (2006.01) G02B 26/10 (2006.01)

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CA 2701993

The present invention relates to an imaging device comprising: an illumination module (1) comprising means for emitting at least one excitation beam; a scanning/injection module (2) comprising an image waveguide (3), the two ends of which, the proximal end (3a) and the distal end (3b) respectively, are connected via a plurality of optical fibres, and scanning/injection means (6) designed to inject the at least one excitation beam in turn into a fibre of the image waveguide (3) and then into the proximal side (3a) of said waveguide and a detection module (4) comprising means for detecting a light flux (14) collected at the distal end (3b) of the waveguide. At least either the illumination module (1) or the detection module (4) is optically conjugate with the scanning/injection module (2) via a conjugating optical fibre (5, 7). The use of conjugating fibres (5, 7) enables the maintenance, repair and updating of the device to be improved. It also enables modal filtering of the excitation beam to be carried out and ensures that the device is confocal.

La présente invention concerne un dispositif d'imagene, comprenant: un module d'illumination (1) comprenant des moyens pour émettre au moins un faisceau d'excitation, un module de balayage et d'injection (2) comprenant un guide d'image (3) dont deux extrémités respectivement proximale (3a) et distale (3b) sont reliées par une pluralité de fibres optiques, et des moyens (6) de balayage et d'injection agencés pour injecter l'au moins un faisceau d'excitation tour à tour dans une fibre du guide d'image (3) et du côté proximal (3a) du guide, un module de détection (4) comprenant des moyens pour détecter un flux lumineux (14) collecté à l'extrémité distale (3b) du guide. Au moins un parmi le module d'illumination (1) et le module de détection (4) est conjugué optiquement au module de balayage et d'injection (2) par une fibre optique de conjugaison (5, 7). L'utilisation de fibres de conjugaison (5, 7) permet d'améliorer la maintenance, la réparation et la mise à jour du dispositif, et peut en outre permettre de réaliser un filtrage modal du faisceau d'excitation et d'assurer la confocalité du dispositif.

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