title: [Current perspectives of orthogonal polarization spectral imaging in plastic surgery].
abstract: The technology of Orthogonal Polarization Spectral Imaging (OPSI), patented in the United States in 1999, has been heralded as an alternative to conventional intravital microscopy for several reasons, including ease of application and ability to perform continued observations. In the following examples, OPSI was applied to reconstructive plastic surgery. Two experimental and one clinical model are presented. Currently, the image quality does not allow a qualitative analysis of the microvasculature. The data analysis of images remains inconclusive. However, a technically modified version with improved image resolution and software could become a valuable experimental as well as clinical tool in the field of reconstructive plastic surgery in the future.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Detlev.Erdmann@gmx.net
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Erdmann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sweis
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Eyler
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Olbrich
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Levin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Germann
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Klitzman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation; D008859:Microscopy, Polarization; D008866:Microsurgery; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000601:surgery; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000098:blood supply; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D010614:Pharynx / Q000601:surgery; D051381:Rats; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D015424:Reperfusion; D012106:Research; D012984:Software; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013552:Swine; D014741:Video Recording