Urology
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 198-204 , July 2008

Optical Coherence Tomography of Cavernous Nerves: A Step Toward Real-Time Intraoperative Imaging During Nerve-Sparing Radical Prostatectomy

  • Soroush Rais-Bahrami

      Affiliations

    • James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Bethesda, Maryland
    • ,
  • Adam W. Levinson

      Affiliations

    • James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Bethesda, Maryland
    • ,
  • Nathaniel M. Fried

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics and Optical Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Gwen A. Lagoda

      Affiliations

    • James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Bethesda, Maryland
    • ,
  • Alexandra Hristov

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Bethesda, Maryland
    • ,
  • Ying Chuang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Bethesda, Maryland
    • ,
  • Arthur L. Burnett

      Affiliations

    • James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Bethesda, Maryland
    • ,
  • Li-Ming Su

      Affiliations

    • James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Bethesda, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Li-Ming Su, M.D., Department of Urology, Division of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Jefferson Street Building, Suite 161, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287.

Received 25 August 2007 ,Accepted 16 November 2007.

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PII: S0090-4295(07)02467-3

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.11.084

Urology
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 198-204 , July 2008

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