British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 18-25 , January 2010

In vitro examination of suspicious oral lesions using optical coherence tomography

  • Waseem Jerjes

      Affiliations

    • Head & Neck Optical Diagnostics Society, United Kingdom
    • Head & Neck Centre, University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • Department of Surgery, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom
    • Unit of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: UCLH Head & Neck Centre, 1st Floor East Wing, 250 Euston Road, London NW1 2PG, United Kingdom.
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  • Tahwinder Upile

      Affiliations

    • Head & Neck Optical Diagnostics Society, United Kingdom
    • Head & Neck Centre, University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • Department of Surgery, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom
    • Joint first authors.
  • ,
  • Brendan Conn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Pathology, Royal Free & University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom
  • ,
  • Zaid Hamdoon

      Affiliations

    • Head & Neck Optical Diagnostics Society, United Kingdom
    • Head & Neck Centre, University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • Unit of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, United Kingdom
  • ,
  • Christian S. Betz

      Affiliations

    • Head & Neck Optical Diagnostics Society, United Kingdom
    • Department of Otolaryngology, Ludwig Maximillan University, Munich, United Kingdom
  • ,
  • Gordon McKenzie

      Affiliations

    • Head & Neck Optical Diagnostics Society, United Kingdom
    • Head & Neck Centre, University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
  • ,
  • Hani Radhi

      Affiliations

    • Head & Neck Optical Diagnostics Society, United Kingdom
    • Head & Neck Centre, University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
  • ,
  • Michael Vourvachis

      Affiliations

    • Head & Neck Optical Diagnostics Society, United Kingdom
    • Head & Neck Centre, University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
  • ,
  • Mohammed El Maaytah

      Affiliations

    • Head & Neck Centre, University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • Unit of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, United Kingdom
  • ,
  • Ann Sandison

      Affiliations

    • Head & Neck Optical Diagnostics Society, United Kingdom
    • Department of Pathology, Imperial College and Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
  • ,
  • Amrita Jay

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Pathology, Royal Free & University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom
  • ,
  • Colin Hopper

      Affiliations

    • Head & Neck Optical Diagnostics Society, United Kingdom
    • Head & Neck Centre, University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • Department of Surgery, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom
    • Unit of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, United Kingdom

,Accepted 7 April 2009.

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PII: S0266-4356(09)00125-9

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.04.019

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 18-25 , January 2010