Description
For patients with suspected lung cancer, fast and accurate tissue diagnosis is important for optimal treatment allocation. A promising technique for instant tissue analysis is higher harmonic generation (HHG) microscopy, a laser-based imaging technique, that provides real-time images with submicron resolution without the need of tissue processing. The aim of my PhD project is to validate this technique, by bringing the HHG microscope into the hospital. The results so far show that HHG microscopy can instantly identify pathological hallmarks in small bronchoscopic biopsies without the need of tissue processing. This may reduce the need for the number of biopsy samples, and reduce endoscopy time.
Speaker
Laura van Huizen
