Methylene-blue aided rapid confocal laser endomicroscopy of breast cancer
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Author(s)
Vyas, K
hughes, M
leff, DANIEL
yang, GUANG
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Breast conserving surgery allows complete tumor resection while maintaining acceptable cosmesis for patients. Safe and rapid intraoperative margin assessment during the procedure is important to establish the completeness of tumor excision and minimizes the need for reoperation. Confocal laser endomicroscopy has demonstrated promise for real-time intraoperative margin assessment using acriflavine staining, but it is not approved for routine in-human use. We describe a custom high-speed line-scan confocal laser endomicroscopy (LS-CLE) system at 660 nm that enables high-resolution histomorphological imaging of breast tissue stained with methylene-blue, an alternative fluorescent stain for localizing sentinel nodes during breast surgery. Preliminary imaging results on freshly excised human breast tissue specimens are presented, demonstrating the potential of methylene-blue aided rapid LS-CLE to determine the oncological status of surgical margins in-vivo.
Date Issued
2017-02-09
Date Acceptance
2017-01-23
Citation
Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2017, 22 (2)
ISSN
1083-3668
Publisher
SPIE
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Biomedical Optics
Volume
22
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© The Authors. Published by SPIE under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Distribution or reproduction of this work in whole or in part requires full attribution of the original publication, including its DOI.
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding
Grant Number
EP/I027769/1
EP/N022521/1
RDB04
Subjects
Optics
0205 Optical Physics
1113 Ophthalmology And Optometry
0903 Biomedical Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
020501