Intraoperative imaging of oral-maxillofacial lesions using optical coherence tomography

In this study, in order to assess the feasibility of OCT in oral clinical application, fresh excised tissue specimens from 59 patients undergoing oral-maxillofacial surgery were imaged in detail by using a benchtop swept-source OCT system. It is shown that different lesions or tissues can be obviously distinguished based on their different microstructural features in OCT images, and the features are similar to those of their corresponding histopathological images. It is proven that OCT has great feasibility and potential as a diagnostic aid for surgeons in oral medicine.
Source: Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Source Type: research