Title :
Combined RCM/OCT approach for real-time assessment of cancer lesions
Author :
Iftimia, N. ; Mujat, M. ; Ferguson, R.D. ; Hammer, D. ; Fox, William ; Rajadhyaksha, Milind
Author_Institution :
Phys. Sci., Inc., Andover, MA, USA
Abstract :
We present a dual-modality high-resolution imaging approach for real-time assessment of cancer lesions in directly or endoscopically accessible organs. The detailed description of the instrumentation and preliminary results on various excised tissue specimens will be presented.
Keywords :
biological organs; biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; cancer; endoscopes; image registration; image resolution; medical image processing; optical microscopy; optical tomography; cancer lesions; combined RCM-OCT approach; dual-modality high-resolution imaging; endoscopically accessible organs; excised tissue specimens; image registration; medical instrumentation; optical coherence tomography; real-time assessment; reflectance confocal microscopy; Cancer; Lesions; Optical fibers; Optical imaging; Optical reflection; Skin; Medical instrumentation; cancer lesions; optical coherence tomography; reflectance confocal microscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
