title: Optical coherence tomography for bile and pancreatic duct imaging.
abstract: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an optical imaging modality introduced in 1991 that performs high-resolution, cross-sectional, subsurface tomographic imaging of the microstructure in materials and biologic systems by measuring backscattered or backreflected infrared light. OCT has been used for biomedical applications where many factors affect the feasibility and effectiveness of any imaging technique. The highly scattering and absorbing living tissues greatly limit the application of optical imaging modalities. In the last decade, OCT technology has evolved from an experimental laboratory tool to a new diagnostic imaging modality with a wide spectrum of clinical applications in medical practice, including the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and pancreaticobiliary ductal system.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Scientific Institute San Raffaele Hospital, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy. testoni.pieralberto@hsr.it
authors.forename: Pier Alberto
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Testoni
authors.forename: Benedetto
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mangiavillano
mesh_terms: D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000473:pathology*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*