MODULAR IMAGING DEVICE, MODULE FOR THIS DEVICE, AND METHOD OF IMPLEMENTATION BY THIS DEVICE

摘要

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.