Towards multimodal detection of melanoma thickness based on optical coherence tomography and optoacoustics
- authored by
- M. Rahlves, A. Varkentin, J. Stritzel, E. Blumenröther, M. Mazurenka, M. Wollweber, B. Roth
- Abstract
Melanoma skin cancer has one of the highest mortality rates of all types of cancer if not detected at an early stage. The survival rate is highly dependent on its penetration depth, which is commonly determined by histopathology. In this work, we aim at combining optical coherence tomography and optoacoustic as a non-invasive all-optical method to measure the penetration depth of melanoma. We present our recent achievements to setup a handheld multimodal device and also results from first in vivo measurements on healthy and cancerous skin tissue, which are compared to measurements obtained by ultrasound and histopathology.
- Organisation(s)
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Hannover Centre for Optical Technologies (HOT)
- Type
- Conference contribution
- Publication date
- 07.03.2016
- Publication status
- Published
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Biomaterials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
- Electronic version(s)
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https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2213132 (Access:
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