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technologies spanning from new detectors and sources, fiber optics, integrated
micromechanical systems, new fabrication technologies, and biochemical contrasts.
It consequently increases its presence in clinical studies and applications. At
the same time still leaves numerous challenges and research opportunities across
multiple fields between basic sciences, engineering, and clinical implementations.
Considering that classical microscopy is a gold standard for pathological assess-
ment, endomicroscopy has a bright future in all new methods of development,
multidisciplinary research, and finally technology translation to everyday use.
Acknowledgements I would like to thank Dr. Mark Pierce and Dr. Michal Pawlowski for a
tremendous help, many suggestions, and discussions over the course of work to write this chapter.
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