Needle beam profile (IMAGE)

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Needle beam profile

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Researchers developed a new method for flexibly creating various needle-shaped laser beams like the one shown here. Because these long, narrow beams feature an extended depth-of-focus, they can be used to improve OCT.

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Jingjing Zhao, Stanford University School of Medicine

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