Title :
Increasing the diagnostic yield and accuracy of bronchial biopsy for the assessment of lung cancer
Author :
Suter, Melissa J. ; Hariri, Lida P. ; Miller, Alyssa J. ; Adams, David ; Lanuti, Michael ; Mino-Kenudson, Mari
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Med., Massachusetts Gen. Hosp., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
Low-risk bronchoscopy techniques for retrieving biopsy samples for the diagnosis of lung cancer are hampered by low diagnostic yields, and trans-thoracic and surgical approaches carry higher intrinsic risk of complications. We are investigating the use of optical coherence tomography to increase the diagnostic yield and accuracy of bronchial biopsy.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; cancer; lung; optical tomography; surgery; biopsy samples; bronchial biopsy; low-risk bronchoscopy; lung cancer diagnosis; optical coherence tomography; surgical approaches; trans-thoracic approaches; Biomedical optical imaging; Biopsy; Bronchoscopy; Cancer; Lungs; Optical imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
