Imaging of breast cancer with optical coherence tomography needle probes: Feasibility and initial results

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1184-1191

  McLaughlin, Robert A ^a   Quirk, Bryden C ^a   Curatolo, Andrea ^a   Kirk, Rodney W ^a   Scolaro, Loretta ^a   Lorenser, Dirk ^a   Robbins, Peter D ^b,c   Wood, Benjamin A ^b,c   Saunders, Christobel M ^a   Sampson, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; interstitial imaging; needle probe; OCT needle; optical coherence tomography (OCT)

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODES; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCEROUS TISSUES; FOCUSING OPTICS; GOLD STANDARDS; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; HUMAN BREAST CANCER; IN-SITU ASSESSMENT; NEEDLE PROBES; TISSUE SURFACE; TUMOR BOUNDARY; VOLUMETRIC DATA SETS;

DISEASES; NEEDLES; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PROBES; TISSUE; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84862293150     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2011.2166757     Document Type: Article

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