title: Advanced Imaging Techniques for the Pathologist.
abstract: Advanced imaging refers to direct microscopic imaging of tissue, without the need for traditional hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) microscopy, including microscope slides or whole-slide images. A detailed example is presented of optical coherence tomography (OCT), an imaging technique based on reflected light. Experience and example images are discussed in the larger context of the evolving relationship of surgical pathology to clinical patient care providers. Although these techniques are diagnostically promising, it is unlikely that they will directly supplant H&E histopathology. It is likely that OCT and related technologies will provide narrow, targeted diagnosis in a variety of in vivo (patient) and ex vivo (specimen) applications.
authors.affiliation: Subdivision of Advanced Imaging and Image Analysis (Pathology Informatics) Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Electronic address: finejl@upmc.edu.
authors.forename: Jeffrey L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Fine
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D010340:Pathology, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Advanced imaging; Digital pathology; Ex vivo microscopy; In vivo microscopy; OCT; Optical coherence tomography