ArticleBiomedical optics express2023
Enhanced 3D visualization of human fallopian tube morphology using a miniature optical coherence tomography catheter.
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- Multimodal Optical Imaging of Ex Vivo Fallopian Tubes to Distinguish Early and Occult Tubo-Ovarian Cancers.Cancers · 2024Article
- The Synergic Effect of Tubal Endometriosis and Women's Aging on Fallopian Tube Function: Insights from a 3D Mechanical Model.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Evaluation of women's aging influence on sperm passage inside the fallopian tube using 3D dynamic mechanical modeling.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Article
- 30 Years of Optical Coherence Tomography: introduction to the feature issue.Biomedical optics express · 2023Article
- Enhanced 3D visualization of human fallopian tube morphology using a miniature optical coherence tomography catheter.Biomedical optics express · 2023Article
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Abstract
We demonstrate the use of our miniature optical coherence tomography catheter to acquire three-dimensional human fallopian tube images. Images of the fallopian tube's tissue morphology, vasculature, and tissue heterogeneity distribution are enhanced by adaptive thresholding, masking, and intensity inverting, making it easier to differentiate malignant tissue from normal tissue. The results show that normal fallopian tubes tend to have rich vasculature accompanied by a patterned tissue scattering background, features that do not appear in malignant cases. This finding suggests that miniature OCT catheters may have great potential for fast optical biopsy of the fallopian tube.
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