Multimodal Optical Coherence Tomography in Diagnostics and Treatment Monitoring of Human Diseases

Dear Colleagues,

With rapid progress in the development of optical diagnostic methods, there is a need to expand our knowledge on novel technical approaches to data obtaining and processing, the possibilities of using these methods for the diagnosis of various diseases, and other relevant issues.
Diagnostics will publish a uniquely themed Special Issue, “Multimodal Optical Coherence Tomography in Diagnostics and Treatment Monitoring of Human Diseases”. The journal’s Editorial Board invites submissions on the following topics:

• Various systems and probes of optical coherence tomography (OCT), adapted for obtaining intravital, endoscopic, and intraoperative images of organs and tissues of the human body;
• Different modalities of OCT (structural, polarization-sensitive, microangiography, microlymphoangiography, elastography images) and their ability to diagnose the structure and functional state of normal and pathological human tissues;
• Various modalities of OCT for monitoring the effectiveness of treatment of oncological diseases (search for a clear resection margin during tumor surgery; photodynamic, laser, radiation, and chemotherapy of tumors) and diseases of a different nature (inflammatory, ischemic, and dystrophic conditions of tissues available for intravital OCT research);
• Quantitative (numerical) processing of various types of OCT images that improve contrast and provide high diagnostic accuracy in identifying important pathological conditions;
• Machine learning for improving OCT diagnostic ability.

Prof. Dr. Natalia D. Gladkova
Guest Editor

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