Impact of intraepithelial capillary loops and atypical vessels in confocal laser endomicroscopy for the diagnosis of laryngeal and hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

Matti SievertMarkus EcksteinKonstantinos MantsopoulosSarina K MuellerFlorian StelzleMarc AubrevilleNicolai OetterAndreas MaierHeinrich IroMiguel Goncalves

Published in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2021)

Capillaries within malignant lesions are fundamentally different from those in healthy mucosa regions. The capillary architecture is a significant feature aiding the identification of malignant mucosa areas during in-vivo, real-time CLE examination.

Keyphrases

squamous cell carcinoma
high grade
machine learning
deep learning
optical coherence tomography
lymph node metastasis
radiation therapy
locally advanced
raman spectroscopy
high resolution
rectal cancer