作者: Robert A. McLaughlin , Loretta Scolaro , Peter Robbins , Christobel Saunders , Steven L. Jacques
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04271-3_80
关键词: Lymph 、 Lymphatic system 、 Lymph node 、 Attenuation 、 Cancer 、 Optical coherence tomography 、 Computer science 、 Attenuation coefficient 、 Biomedical engineering 、 Axillary lymph nodes
摘要: The lymphatic system is a common route for the spread of cancer and identification lymph node metastases key task during surgery. This paper demonstrates use optical coherence tomography to construct parametric images nodes. It describes method automatically estimate attenuation coefficient tissue. By mapping at each location in scan, it possible image indicating variations tissue type. algorithm applied ex vivo samples human axillary nodes validated against histological gold standard. Results are shown illustrating variation properties between cancerous healthy