title: Ultrasound-guided optical coherence tomography needle probe for the assessment of breast cancer tumor margins.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to evaluate a new imaging technique for the assessment of breast cancer tumor margins. The technique entails deployment of a high-resolution optical imaging needle under ultrasound guidance. Assessment was performed on fresh ex vivo tissue samples.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Use of the ultrasound-guided optical needle probe allowed in situ assessment of fresh tissue margins. The imaging findings corresponded to the histologic findings.
authors.affiliation: Optical+Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Curatolo
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
authors.forename: Bryden C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Quirk
authors.forename: Rodney W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Kirk
authors.forename: Anita G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Bourke
authors.forename: Benjamin A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Peter D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Robbins
authors.forename: Christobel M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: David D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Sampson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008875:Middle Aged; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional