A review of optical coherence tomography in breast cancer

Photonics and Lasers in Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 225-240

  Scolaro, Loretta ^a   McLaughlin, Robert A ^a   Kennedy, Brendan F ^a   Saunders, Christobel M ^a   Sampson, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

breast cancer; clinical imaging; lymph nodes; margin assessment; needle biopsy; optical imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; DISEASES; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

BREAST CANCER; LYMPH NODE; MARGIN ASSESSMENT; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OPTICAL IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84925386476     PISSN: 21930635     EISSN: 21930643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/plm-2014-0013     Document Type: Review

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