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9 December 2021 Endoscopic polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT) for in-vivo imaging of lungs periphery in bronchial thermoplasty treated asthma patients
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Abstract
We performed in-vivo PS-OCT in three asthma patients who underwent bronchial thermoplasty (BT). PS-OCT qualified as minimally invasive technique to visualize airway smooth muscle (ASM) and showed its reduction after BT.
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M. Vaselli, P. C. Wijsman, J. Willemse, J. T. Annema, P. I. Bonta, and J. F. de Boer "Endoscopic polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT) for in-vivo imaging of lungs periphery in bronchial thermoplasty treated asthma patients", Proc. SPIE 11924, Optical Coherence Imaging Techniques and Imaging in Scattering Media IV, 119240T (9 December 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2616060
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KEYWORDS
Polarization

Optical coherence tomography

Endoscopes

Endoscopy

In vivo imaging

Lung

Image segmentation

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