Abstract
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) provides real-time, cross-sectional skin images to a depth of up to 2 mm. OCT is a convenient and fast imaging technology that can be used bedside. In dermatology, the pretherapeutic delineation of both actinic keratoses (AK) and keratinocyte carcinomas has been a natural focus for applied OCT research, and more recently OCT research has turned on non-invasive monitoring of treatments. Previous studies have found good agreement between OCT images and histopathological images. Cryotherapy is a fast and easy treatment modality frequently used for the treatment of AK lesions in everyday dermatology practise. Cryosurgery with liquid nitrogen freezes and destroys the epidermis containing the AK. This chapter outlines the capability of OCT to monitor cryotherapy.
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Themstrup, L., Banzhaf, C.A., Jemec, G., Mogensen, M. (2015). Optical Coherence Tomography and Cryosurgery. In: Pasquali, P. (eds) Cryosurgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43939-5_15
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