Low-coherence interferometry and optical coherence tomography for image-guided surgical treatment of solid tumors
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1. A method of forming an image of tissue, comprising:
- beginning an invasive procedure on a patient exposing tissue;
acquiring tomographic OCT data via an optical fiber from an interface between the optical fiber and the exposed tissue;
converting the tomographic OCT data, inside and outside a confocal volume, by full-field inverse scattering solution of amplitude and phase information obtained at the interface into at least one volumetric image incorporating tissue-characterizing information along both a depth axis and a transverse direction,wherein a sample susceptibility is found so as to minimize a difference between a forward scatter operator applied to the sample susceptibility and a data function, D(r;
k), that is proportional to a scatter field measured at any position in a detector plane; and
ending the invasive procedure after the converting of the tomographic OCT data into the at least one image.
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Abstract
A method of forming an image of tissue. The method includes beginning an invasive procedure on a patient exposing tissue. The method then includes acquiring OCT data from the exposed tissue and converting the OCT data into at least one image. The method also includes ending the invasive procedure after the converting of the data.
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1. A method of forming an image of tissue, comprising:
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beginning an invasive procedure on a patient exposing tissue; acquiring tomographic OCT data via an optical fiber from an interface between the optical fiber and the exposed tissue; converting the tomographic OCT data, inside and outside a confocal volume, by full-field inverse scattering solution of amplitude and phase information obtained at the interface into at least one volumetric image incorporating tissue-characterizing information along both a depth axis and a transverse direction, wherein a sample susceptibility is found so as to minimize a difference between a forward scatter operator applied to the sample susceptibility and a data function, D(r;
k), that is proportional to a scatter field measured at any position in a detector plane; andending the invasive procedure after the converting of the tomographic OCT data into the at least one image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of analyzing tissue comprising:
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beginning an invasive procedure on a patient exposing tissue; acquiring OCT data via an optical fiber from an interface between the optical fiber and the exposed tissue; converting the tomographic OCT data, inside and outside a confocal volume, by full-field inverse scattering solution of amplitude and phase information obtained at the interface into at least one volumetric image incorporating tissue-characterizing information along both a depth axis and a transverse direction, wherein a sample susceptibility is found so as to minimize a difference between a forward scatter operator applied to the sample susceptibility and a data function, D(r;
k), that is proportional to a scatter field measured at any position in a detector plane;classifying the exposed tissue as well as tissue underlying the exposed tissue upon analyzing a volumetric representation of the OCT data; and ending the invasive procedure after the classifying of the exposed and underlying tissue. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of removing tissue from a patient comprising:
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beginning an invasive procedure on the patient exposing tissue; acquiring OCT data via an optical fiber from an interface between the optical fiber and the exposed tissue and from tissue underlying the exposed tissue; converting the tomographic OCT data, inside and outside a confocal volume, by full-field inverse scattering solution of amplitude and phase information obtained at the interface into at least one volumetric image incorporating tissue-characterizing information along both a depth axis and a transverse direction, wherein a sample susceptibility is found so as to minimize a difference between a forward scatter operator applied to the sample susceptibility and a data function, D(r;
k), that is proportional to a scatter field measured at any position in a detector plane;volumetrically analyzing the OCT data; determining tumor margins for the analyzed OCT data; and removing tissue from within the tumor margins from the patient. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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