Extracting something from nothing: In vivo imaging of human cutaneous lymphatic vessels using optical coherence tomography

Peijun Gong; Shaghayegh Es'Haghian; Karl Anton Harms; Alexandra Murray; Suzanne Rea; Fiona M. Wood; David D. Sampson; Robert A. McLaughlin

doi:10.1109/IPCon.2016.7831014

Extracting something from nothing: In vivo imaging of human cutaneous lymphatic vessels using optical coherence tomography

Peijun Gong, Shaghayegh Es'Haghian, Karl Anton Harms, Alexandra Murray, Suzanne Rea, Fiona M. Wood, David D. Sampson, Robert A. McLaughlin

School of Engineering

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Abstract

We propose a method to image cutaneous lymphatic vessels in vivo with optical coherence tomography (OCT). Our method segments the transparent lymphatic vessels by thresholding the OCT signal after calibration for systematic variations due to the confocal effect and the sensitivity drop-off, and subsequent compensation for light attenuation with depth. We describe the method and present a pilot demonstration on two human burn scar patients undergoing ablative laser fractionation treatment. The results show visualization of the lymphatic vessels (diameter: ∼30-150 μm) separate from the blood microvasculature network.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2016
Place of Publication	USA
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	138-139
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509019069
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCon.2016.7831014
Publication status	Published - 23 Jan 2017
Event	29th IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2016 - Waikoloa, United States Duration: 2 Oct 2016 → 6 Oct 2016

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Conference	29th IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2016
Country	United States
City	Waikoloa
Period	2/10/16 → 6/10/16

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Gong, P., Es'Haghian, S., Harms, K. A., Murray, A., Rea, S., Wood, F. M., Sampson, D. D., & McLaughlin, R. A. (2017). Extracting something from nothing: In vivo imaging of human cutaneous lymphatic vessels using optical coherence tomography. In 2016 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2016 (pp. 138-139). [7831014] IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCon.2016.7831014

Gong, Peijun ; Es'Haghian, Shaghayegh ; Harms, Karl Anton ; Murray, Alexandra ; Rea, Suzanne ; Wood, Fiona M. ; Sampson, David D. ; McLaughlin, Robert A. / Extracting something from nothing : In vivo imaging of human cutaneous lymphatic vessels using optical coherence tomography. 2016 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2016. USA : IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2017. pp. 138-139

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Extracting something from nothing : In vivo imaging of human cutaneous lymphatic vessels using optical coherence tomography. / Gong, Peijun; Es'Haghian, Shaghayegh; Harms, Karl Anton; Murray, Alexandra; Rea, Suzanne; Wood, Fiona M.; Sampson, David D.; McLaughlin, Robert A.

2016 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2016. USA : IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2017. p. 138-139 7831014.

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