Validation of full-field optical coherence tomography in distinguishing malignant and benign tissue in resected pancreatic cancer specimens.
Labrinus van ManenPaulien L StegehuisArantza Fariña-SarasquetaLorraine M de HaanJeroen EggermontBert A BonsingHans MorreauBoudewijn P F LelieveldtCornelis J H van de VeldeAlexander L VahrmeijerJouke DijkstraJ Sven D MieogPublished in: PloS one (2017)
FF-OCT could distinguish normal pancreatic tissue from pathologic pancreatic tissue in both processed as non-processed specimens using architectural features. The accuracy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is promising and warrants further evaluation using improved assessment criteria.