Flexible optical imaging fibres are multi-core fibres with tens of thousands of cores. Each core forms a piece of a larger mosaic image. In medical science when other methods, like X-rays, do not provide enough clarity, a quick, non-invasive view can be invaluable. Manipulating light exposes information as quickly and as intuitively as we do with our eyes, allowing clinicians to make speedy diagnoses on previously hard to reach places.  

For the Proteus project, I helped to design, fabricate and characterise novel imaging fibres.