Optical coherence tomography as a method to identify parathyroid glands
2013-12 | journal article
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- Authors
- Ladurner, Roland; Hallfeldt, Klaus K J; Al Arabi, Norah; Stepp, Herbert; Mueller, Susanna; Gallwas, Julia K. S.
- Abstract
- The identification of parathyroid glands can be a major problem in parathyroid surgery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in distinguishing between parathyroid tissue, thyroid tissue, lymph nodes, and adipose tissue.
- Issue Date
- December-2013
- Journal
- Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
- ISSN
- 0196-8092
- eISSN
- 1096-9101
- Language
- English