Current and future perspectives of digital microscopy with fluorescence confocal microscope for prostate tissue interpretation: a narrative review.

ABSTRACT: Fluorescence confocal microscopy (FCM) is an optical imaging technique providing digital microscopical images of fresh tissue in a real time fashion, without conventional processing. FCM has been widely applied in several fields of dermatology, including the detection of basal cell carcinoma and of cutaneous inflammatory diseases. The aim of the paper is to provide an overview of FCM applications in the field of prostate tissue interpretation and prostate cancer (PCa) detection. A Literature search (PubMed & Web of Science) was performed to identify articles concerned with the clinical and surgical applications of FCM in prostatic and periprostatic tissues interpretation. Overall, six articles were identified. All articles investigated the level of agreement between FCM and conventional hi

SUBMITTER: Rocco B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8039586 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature