Backscattering intensity measurements in optical coherence tomography as a method to identify parathyroid glands

ISSN
0196-8092
Date Issued
2015-08
Author(s)
Sommerey, Sandra
Ladurner, Roland
Al Arabi, Norah
Mortensen, Uwe
Hallfeldt, Klaus
DOI
10.1002/lsm.22367
Abstract
Previous studies have shown that the use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) permits the differentiation between parathyroid tissue, thyroid tissue, lymph nodes and adipose tissue. We investigated the backscattering intensity profiles of OCT images in order to determine whether significant differences between these tissue types exist.