A new tiny optical imaging probe designed for OCT imaging inside the brain's blood vessels could one day be used to acquire detailed information about vascular disease and devices such as stents implanted in the brain. The probe, which is about the width of a pencil's lead, works like a microscopic rotating camera inside a blood vessel. At the center of the probe is a tiny optical fiber that carries near-infrared light to a miniature angled lens. Instead of rotating the entire catheter from outside the body, only this tiny lens on the tip of the catheter is rotated. This video shows a three-dimensional OCT visualization of an ex vivo porcine vessel acquired with the miniature piezoelectric-driven micro-optical probe. Read more at the link in our bio. [Research performed by a team from the Medical School of Nanjing University and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics] #Brains #Neuroscience #OPG_BOEx #medicalresearch #scientificadvancement