Research Article

Measurement of Optical Scattering Coefficient of the Individual Layers of the Human Urinary Bladder Using Optical Coherence Tomography

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OCT images of the bladder. (a) Normal bladder showing a thin urothelium (U) over a bright lamina propria (LP). The muscularis propria (MP) is below the lamina propria. (b) Invasive cancer of the bladder. The structures of the urothelium, lamina propria, and muscularis are indistinguishable.
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