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| lifeskim:mentions | |
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1
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1991-2-20
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Acoustic microscopy utilizes high frequency ultrasound to generate microscopic images. The current study was designed to examine representative disorders of the skin by use of a reflective scanning acoustic microscope (R-SAM), and to determine whether the obtainable resolution was sufficient to render a microscopic diagnosis. An Olympus UH3 Scanning Acoustic Microscope was utilized with lenses producing burst wave frequencies at 600 and 800 MHz (600 and 800 million cylces/sec). Cutaneous tissue specimens representing 12 different neoplastic and inflammatory disorders were examined. Acoustic images of unstained sections were compared with conventional light microscopic study of sections stained with hematoxylin-eosin. In most neoplasms examined, it was possible to make a specific diagnosis primarily from low magnification pattern analysis. Although individual cells could be visualized, cytologic atypia was poorly defined. In the inflammatory disorders, a specific diagnosis was possible in all but bullous pemphigoid and lichen planus, because the composition of the inflammatory infiltrate was difficult to determine. The advantages of the R-SAM include the capability of producing an acoustic profile of the tissue and the future possibility of in situ diagnosis.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Jan
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| pubmed:issn |
0022-202X
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
96
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
38-42
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1991
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Scanning acoustic microscopy of neoplastic and inflammatory cutaneous tissue specimens.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Dermatology, University of California, Irvine.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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