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Assessing Tumor Margins

In OPN’s December “Optics in 2018” review of interesting research, Wes M. Allen and colleagues described how the technique of quantitative micro-elastography (QME) can potentially aid in the evaluation of breast cancer tissues in clinical settings. This video compares optical coherence tomography (OCT), strain, and elasticity demarcations of tumors at several penetration depths using the method.

 

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