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1. Imaging the Human Prostate Gland Using 1-μm-Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography
  
  Explore archivesofpathology.org Jul 30 2019 Urology
  
  Context.— The accuracy of needle biopsy for the detection of prostate cancer is limited by well-known sampling errors. Thus, there is an unmet need for a microscopic screening tool that can screen large regions of the prostate comprehensively for cancer. Previous prostate imaging by optical coherence tomography (OCT) has had insufficient resolution for imaging cellular features related to prostate cancer. We have recently developed micro-optical coherence tomography (μOCT) that generates depth-resolved tissue images at a high frame rate with an isotropic resolution of 1 μm. Objective.— To demonstrate that optical images obtained with μOCT provide cellular-level contrast in prostate specimens ...
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  Mentions: Guillermo J. Tearney Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard University
2. Diagnostic accuracy of optical coherence tomography for the diagnosis of bladder cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  
  Explore ScienceDirect Jun 25 2019 Urology
  
  Background Bladder cancer is the fourth most common malignancy in men and a considerable disease burden globally. Multiple studies have focused on the accuracy of optical coherence tomography for bladder cancer diagnosis; however, the findings are inconsistent. Here, we assessed the accuracy of optical coherence tomography for bladder cancer diagnosis. Methods Embase, PubMed, Medline, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library database were searched for relevant studies from the earliest date available through March 11, 2019. Studies evaluating the accuracy of optical coherence tomography bladder cancer diagnosis were included. Pooled sensitivity, specificity, and area under the curve values of weighted ...
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3. The First In Vivo Needle‐Based Optical Coherence Tomography in Human Prostate: A Safety and Feasibility Study
  
  Explore Wiley Online Library May 23 2019 Urology
  
  Objective To demonstrate the safety and feasibility of clinical in vivo needle‐based optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging of the prostate. Materials and Methods Two patients with prostate cancer underwent each two percutaneous in vivo needle‐based OCT measurements before transperineal template mapping biopsy. The OCT probe was introduced via a needle and positioned under ultrasound guidance. To test the safety, adverse events were recorded during and after the procedure. To test the feasibility, OCT and US images were studied during and after the procedure. Corresponding regions for OCT and biopsy were determined. A uropathologist evaluated and annotated the histopathology ...
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  Mentions: Ton G. van Leeuwen Daniël M. de Bruin Theo M. de Reijke
4. Apelin as a Potential Treatment for Chronic Kidney Disease
  
  Explore Home - ClinicalTrials.gov May 20 2019 Urology , Clinical Trials
  
  Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 8-16% of the world's population, and is independently associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). As renal function declines, rates of major adverse cardiovascular events, cardiovascular and all-cause mortality increase. In addition to hypertension, increased arterial stiffness is characteristic of CKD, a marker of CVD risk, and an independent predictor of mortality in CKD patients. The endothelium is an important regulator of arterial stiffness, and endothelial dysfunction is a feature of CKD and a predictor of CVD. Current treatment of CKD is limited and aims to reduce blood pressure and proteinuria through the use of angiotensin ...
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5. Imaging the Human Prostate Gland Using 1-μm-Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography
  
  Explore archivesofpathology.org Dec 16 2018 Urology
  
  Context.— The accuracy of needle biopsy for the detection of prostate cancer is limited by well-known sampling errors. Thus, there is an unmet need for a microscopic screening tool that can screen large regions of the prostate comprehensively for cancer. Previous prostate imaging by optical coherence tomography (OCT) have had insufficient resolution for imaging cellular features related to prostate cancer. We have recently developed micro-optical coherence tomography (μOCT) that generates depth-resolved tissue images at a high frame rate with an isotropic resolution of 1 μm. Objective.— To demonstrate that optical images obtained with μOCT provide cellular-level contrast in prostate specimens ...
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  Mentions: Guillermo J. Tearney Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard University
6. Optical Coherence Tomography in Urologic Oncology: a Comprehensive Review
  
  Explore Home - Springer Nov 27 2018 Urology
  
  Introduction Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is being investigated in urologic oncology for optical diagnosis. This comprehensive review analyzes the current state of development of OCT for bladder, upper urinary tract, kidney, prostate, testis, and penis cancer. Also, the potential role of OCT with regard to the current diagnostic pathways is critically appraised to guide future developments. Methods Embase and Pubmed were systematically searched for English and German articles on OCT in humans up to December 2017. Reviews were excluded. Case reports were excluded, unless they presented a landmark in the development of OCT. Results Out of 878 articles, 17 relevant ...
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  Mentions: Academic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam Ton G. van Leeuwen Daniël M. de Bruin
7. Combination of High-Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography and Raman Spectroscopy for Improved Staging and Grading in Bladder Cancer
  
  Explore MDPI Open Access Journals Platform Nov 23 2018 Oncology , Urology
  
  We present a combination of optical coherence tomography (OCT) and Raman spectroscopy (RS) for improved diagnosis and discrimination of different stages and grades of bladder cancer ex vivo by linking the complementary information provided by these two techniques. Bladder samples were obtained from biopsies dissected via transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TURBT). As OCT provides structural information rapidly, it was used as a red-flag technology to scan the bladder wall for suspicious lesions with the ability to discriminate malignant tissue from healthy urothelium. Upon identification of degenerated tissue via OCT, RS was implemented to determine the molecular characteristics via ...
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  Mentions: Rainer A. Leitgeb Wolfgang Drexler Medical University of Vienna
8. One‐to‐one registration of en‐face optical coherence tomography attenuation coefficients with histology of a prostatectomy specimen
  
  Explore Wiley Online Library Nov 22 2018 Urology
  
  Optical coherence tomography (OCT), enables high‐resolution 3D imaging of the morphology of light scattering tissues. From the OCT signal, parameters can be extracted and related to tissue structures. One of the quantitative parameters is the attenuation coefficient; the rate at which the intensity of detected light decays in depth. To couple the quantitative parameters with the histology one‐to‐one registration is needed. The primary aim of this study is to validate a registration method of quantitative OCT parameters to histological tissue outcome through one‐to‐one registration of OCT with histology. We matched OCT images of unstained fixated ...
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  Mentions: Academic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam Dirk J. Faber Ton G. van Leeuwen
9. Focal Prostate Imaging With CLE and OCT (FPI)
  
  Explore Home - ClinicalTrials.gov May 22 2018 Urology , Clinical Trials
  
  The current limitations in prostate cancer diagnostics lead to over- and undertreatment for a significant fraction of patients. Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (CLE) and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) are focal imaging modalities with potential for in-vivo prostate imaging. The investigators anticipate that integrating focal imaging with MRI/TRUS fusion will further improve prostate cancer detection and provides a real-time histopathological threedimensional representation of the tumor lesions. This is an investigator-initiated, prospective in-vivo safety and feasibility study with transperineal template mapping biopsies (TTMB) and two focal imaging methods, CLE and OCT, in prostate tissue.
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  Mentions: Academic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam Jean J. M. C. H. de la Rosette
10. Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy and Optical Coherence Tomography for the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer: A Needle-Based, In Vivo Feasibility Study Protocol (IDEAL Phase 2A)
  
  Explore JRP-JMIR Research Protocols May 22 2018 Urology
  
  Background: Focal therapy for prostate cancer has been proposed as an alternative treatment to whole-gland therapies in selected men to diminish side effects in localized prostate cancer. As nowadays imaging cannot offer complete prostate cancer disease characterization, multicore systematic biopsies are recommended (transrectal or transperineal). Optical imaging techniques such as confocal laser endomicroscopy and optical coherence tomography allow in vivo, high-resolution imaging. Moreover, they can provide real-time visualization and analysis of tissue and have the potential to offer additive diagnostic information. Objective: This study has 2 separate primary objectives. The first is to assess the technical feasibility and safety of ...
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  Mentions: Academic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam Ton G. van Leeuwen Daniël M. de Bruin
11. Ex-vivo study in nephroureterectomy specimens defining the role of 3-D upper urinary tract visualization using optical coherence tomography and endoluminal ultrasound
  
  Explore SPIE Digital Library Feb 17 2018 Urology
  
  Minimal invasive endoscopic treatment for upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UUT-UC) is advocated in patients with low-risk disease and limited tumor volume. Diagnostic ureterorenoscopy combined with biopsy is the diagnostic standard. This study aims to evaluate two alternative diagnostic techniques for UUT-UC: optical coherence tomography (OCT) and endoluminal ultrasound (ELUS). Following nephroureterectomy, OCT, ELUS, and computed tomography (CT) were performed of the complete nephroureterectomy specimen. Visualization software (AMIRA®) was used for reconstruction and coregistration of CT, OCT, and ELUS. Finally, CT was used to obtain exact probe localization. Coregistered OCT and ELUS datasets were compared with histology. Coregistration with three-dimensional ...
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  Mentions: Academic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam Dirk J. Faber Ton G. van Leeuwen
12. Quantitative assessment of the mechanical properties of prostate tissue with optical coherence elastography
  
  Explore SPIE Digital Library Feb 13 2018 Urology
  
  Prostate cancer (PCa) is a heterogeneous disease with multifocal origin. In current clinical care, the Gleason scoring system is the well-established diagnosis by microscopic evaluation of the tissue from trans-rectal ultrasound (TRUS) guided biopsies. Nevertheless, the sensitivity and specificity in detecting PCa can range from 40 to 50% for conventional TRUS B-mode imaging. Tissue elasticity is associated with the disease progression and elastography technique has recently shown promise in aiding PCa diagnosis. However, many cancer foci in the prostate gland has very small size less than 1 mm and those detected by medical elastography were larger than 2 mm. Hereby ...
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  Mentions: Chunhui Li Ghulam Nabi University of Dundee
13. Optical coherence tomography and computer-aided diagnosis of a murine model of chronic kidney disease
  
  Explore SPIE Digital Library Dec 5 2017 Urology
  
  Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterized by a progressive loss of renal function over time. Histopathological analysis of the condition of glomeruli and the proximal convolutional tubules over time can provide valuable insights into the progression of CKD. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a technology that can analyze the microscopic structures of a kidney in a nondestructive manner. Recently, we have shown that OCT can provide real-time imaging of kidney microstructures in vivo without administering exogenous contrast agents. A murine model of CKD induced by intravenous Adriamycin (ADR) injection is evaluated by OCT. OCT images of the rat kidneys have ...
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  Mentions: University of Maryland Yu Chen
14. Margin Assessment in Renal Surgery Using a Handheld Optical Coherence Tomography Probe
  
  Explore Urology Nov 29 2017 Urology
  
  Objective To assess the use of a handheld optical coherence tomography (OCT) probe for the evaluation of intraoperative surgical margins during partial nephrectomy (PN). Methods In an initial feasibility study, a radical nephrectomy specimen with a 9-cm tumor was cut into 19 sections, exposing 0 mm (n=8), 1 mm (n=6), and 2 mm (n=5) gross margins. OCT was used to determine the margin width in each specimen. Second, a prospective ex vivo assessment of 15 PN tumor specimens was performed with OCT to determine margin status and to measure the attenuation coefficient (AC) of tumor and renal ...
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15. Dutch Health-Care Startup Scinvivo to present at DMD 2017 Europe on "Improving bladder cancer diagnostics with an Optical Coherence Tomography imaging catheter"
  
  Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Nov 17 2017 Urology
  
  Scinvivo talk, entitled ‘ Improving bladder cancer diagnostics with an Optical Coherence Tomography imaging catheter’, has been selected for a presentation at the Design of Medical Devices Europe Conference 2017 (DMD Europe 2017)! The central theme of this year’s conference is microfabrication for medical devices. More information about the conference can be found at: https://dmd2017.eu/ . Scinvivo will present on Tuesday November the 14 th , at 11:30u in The Strip Conference centre.
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16. Monitoring Kidney Microanatomy Changes During Ischemia-Reperfusion Process Using Texture Analysis of OCT Images
  
  Explore IEEE Xplore Nov 15 2017 Urology
  
  Impact Statement: Tubular diameter has been developed previously as a potential biomarker for the transplant kidney. However, the tubular lumens were segmented out based on an empirically-determined threshold. In our study, a fully automatic texture analysis algorithm has been developed for OCT image analysis of kidney microanatomy during ischemia-reperfusion process. Our method can potentially be applicable in evaluating the status of donor kidneys prior to and after their transplantation. Abstract: Kidney ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) accounts for the majority of acute kidney injury cases, whose consequences are commonly encountered after kidney transplantation. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has been applied to image ...
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  Mentions: University of Maryland Yu Chen
17. Apparatus and methods for non-invasive assessment of transplant kidney viability
  
  Explore uspto.gov Aug 22 2017 Urology , Patents
  
  A kidney viability assessment system (KVAS) is disclosed which provides objective and reliable tests to assess the viability of transplant or donor kidneys in vivo and predict their post-transplant outcomes. KVAS includes an optical device augmented by an intelligent algorithm that can evaluate the viability or quality of the donor kidney in a real-time, non-invasive way. In particular, it includes a handheld optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging device and at least one processor configured for executing a set of instructions corresponding to an automatic image processing algorithm for quantification of kidney microstructures and functions. Handheld OCT can survey the entire ...
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  Mentions: University of Maryland Yu Chen Georgetown University
18. Intraoperative Imaging Techniques to Support Complete Tumor Resection in Partial Nephrectomy
  
  Explore European Urology Focus May 18 2017 Urology
  
  Context With more complex kidney tumors treated by nephron-sparing surgery (NSS), complete tumor resection is becoming increasingly challenging. Intraoperative imaging may improve the establishment of negative surgical margins. Objective To discuss intraoperative imaging techniques that may help achieve complete tumor resection in NSS of renal tumors. Evidence acquisition PubMed was searched for English articles on intraoperative imaging during NSS of renal cell carcinoma published after 2005, and a reference search of retrieved articles was performed. Evidence synthesis Included studies reported about ultrasonography, fluorescence imaging, augmented reality, optical coherence tomography, and ex vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The number of patients ...
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19. Complementary Study of Collagen State in Bladder Diseases Using Cross-Polarization Optical Coherence Tomography, Nonlinear and Atomic Force Microscopy
  
  Explore Журнал СТМ Apr 18 2017 Urology
  
  The aim of the study is to demonstrate the potential of cross-polarization optical coherence tomography (CP OCT) as a minimally invasive real-time technique for detection of bladder cancer against a background of severe inflammation. Materials and Methods. For the verification of CP OCT diagnostic data related to the condition of collagen comparison with high-resolution microscopy inspection was performed and correlation of the results was calculated. The CP OCT study was performed on samples of tissue with muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma T 2–3 N 0–х M 0 (G2, 3) in 18 patients ranging in age from 50 to 64 obtained ...
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  Mentions: Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy Institute of Applied Physics Natalia D. Gladkova
20. Georgetown University Receives NIH Grant for Non-Invasive Evaluation f Transplant Kidney using OCT
  
  Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Apr 4 2017 Urology , Funding
  
  Georgetown University Receives a 2017 NIH Grant for $349,058 for Non-Invasive Evaluation f Transplant Kidney using OCT. The principal investigator is Peter Andrews. The program began in 2014 and ends in 2018. Below is a summary of the proposed work. There is currently a worldwide shortage of kidneys for transplantation due mainly to the fact that there is no reliable means to determine their viability (i.e., kidneys stored for long periods of time, etc.). Also, following transplantation, kidneys oftn do not function immediately and their status is unclear. Previously, we have shown that the histopathology of living, superficial ...
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  Mentions: National Institutes of Health Georgetown University
21. Can we improve transurethral resection of the bladder tumour for nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer?
  
  Explore LWW Online Mar 1 2017 Oncology , Urology
  
  Purpose of review: The recurrence rate in patients with nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer is high, and the quality of transurethral resection of the bladder (TURB) tumour influences recurrence risk. We review new methods that aim to improve the effectiveness of TURB, and highlight studies of the past year. Recent findings: Several approaches have been explored: bipolar resection is well tolerated and efficient; however, surgical outcomes are not clearly superior to monopolar resection; en-bloc resection seems feasible and well tolerated, and has the potential to improve the quality of tissue for histopathology; enhancement techniques such as photodynamic diagnosis, narrow band imaging ...
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  Mentions: Theo M. de Reijke
22. Quality control and primo-diagnosis of transurethral bladder resections with full-field OCT
  
  Explore Conference Proceedings Feb 16 2017 Urology
  
  Transurethral resections are commonly used for bladder cancer diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. Cancer staging relies largely on the analysis of muscle in the resections; however, muscle presence is uncertain at the time of the resection. An extemporaneous quality control tool would be of great use to certify the presence of muscle in the resection, and potentially formulate a primo-diagnosis, in order to ensure optimum patient care. Full-field optical coherence tomography (FFOCT) offers a fast and non-destructive method of obtaining images of biological tissues at ultrahigh resolution (1μm in all 3 directions), approaching traditional histological sections. This study aimed to ...
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  Mentions: LLTech Eugénie Dalimier
23. New technologies for upper tract urothelial carcinoma management
  
  Explore LWW Online Jan 27 2017 Oncology , Urology
  
  Purpose of review: Image enhancement techniques and optical diagnostic tools have emerged in the quest to improve diagnostics and treatment in patients with upper urinary tract carcinoma (UTUC). The aim of the present report is to describe their mechanisms of action and to assess the current evidence on applicability and utility in UTUC. Recent findings: Image enhancement techniques including narrow band imaging, Image1 S, and photodynamic diagnosis aim at better visualization of malignant urothelium and especially flat tumours or carcinoma in situ which are often difficult to see with white light endoscopy. Conducted studies in the upper tract are scarce ...
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  Mentions: Academic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam Jean J. M. C. H. de la Rosette
24. Renal fluid overload diagnosed by retinal optical coherence tomography scanning
  
  Explore sjkdt.org Dec 3 2016 Ophthalmology , Urology
  
  Fluid overload is one of the major findings in patients with end-stage renal disease. Common findings in fluid overload include shortness of breath, pedal edema, ascites, and pericardial effusion. Rarely, vision loss can be associated with decompensated systemic fluid status. In the following case, we report an unusual case of vision loss due to retinal edema as a result of fluid overload diagnosed and followed to resolution by optical coherence tomography testing.
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