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Integrated Photoacoustic Ophthalmoscopy and Spectral-domain Optical Coherence Tomography
Published on: January 15, 2013
[Optical coherence tomography of bladder resection specimen]
J Anract1, I Duquesne1, P Montagne2
1Service d'urologie, hôpital Cochin, 163, boulevard de Port-Royal, 75014 Paris, France.
Introduction:
The diagnosis of bladder urothelial tumors is based on bladder resection and histological analysis of the specimen. The time to obtain the results of the histological analysis increases the treatment delay. Furthermore, the lack of muscle on the specimen forces the surgeon to practice on other procedure. Full field optical coherence tomography (FFOCT) is a recent imaging technique to analyze tissue. The aim of our study was to evaluate the feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of FFOCT to detect muscle and tumor in bladder resection specimen.
Patients And Methods:
We analyzed with the FFOCT technique bladder resection specimen of 24 consecutives patients. Three readers did the blind analyze of the images, looking for the presence of muscle and tumor on each specimen. Their results were compared with histological analysis to calculate diagnostic accuracy for each reader.
Results:
Mean sensibilities for the detection of muscle and tumor were respectively 75% and 81%. Mean specificities for the detection of muscle and tumor were respectively 78.3% and 55.3%.
Conclusions:
Our results suggest that the FFOCT is feasible to analyze bladder resection specimen. Sensibilities and specificities calculated are encouraging for the detection of muscle and tumor. The accuracy of this detection and early-staging tool should be validated by larger studies.
Level Of Evidence:
3.
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