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SUBMITTER: Okoro C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6214917 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Okoro Chukwuemeka C Kelkar Varun V Sivaguru Mayandi M Emmadi Rajyasree R Toussaint Kimani C KC
Scientific reports 20181102 1
We present the results of polarimetric analysis of collagen on varying pathologies of breast tissues using second-harmonic patterned polarization-analyzed reflection confocal (SPPARC) microscopy. Experiments are conducted on a breast tissue microarray having benign tissues (BT), malignant invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC), and benign stroma adjacent to the malignant tissues (called the benign adjacent tissue, or BAT). Stroma in BAT and ILC exhibit the largest parameter differences. We observe tha ...[more]