Micro-Computed Tomography Whole-Block Imaging Reveals Origin and Path of Rectal Cancer Tumor Deposits: A Pilot Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Case Selection
2.2. Whole-Slide Imaging Analysis
2.3. Whole-Block Imaging Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Firat, C.; Urganci, N.; Teplov, A.; Cesmecioglu, E.; Bakoglu, N.; Vakiani, E.; Ntiamoah, P.; Weiser, M.R.; Garcia-Aguilar, J.; Hameed, M.; et al. Micro-Computed Tomography Whole-Block Imaging Reveals Origin and Path of Rectal Cancer Tumor Deposits: A Pilot Study. Diagnostics 2024, 14, 1704. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14161704
Firat C, Urganci N, Teplov A, Cesmecioglu E, Bakoglu N, Vakiani E, Ntiamoah P, Weiser MR, Garcia-Aguilar J, Hameed M, et al. Micro-Computed Tomography Whole-Block Imaging Reveals Origin and Path of Rectal Cancer Tumor Deposits: A Pilot Study. Diagnostics. 2024; 14(16):1704. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14161704
Chicago/Turabian StyleFirat, Canan, Nil Urganci, Alexei Teplov, Emine Cesmecioglu, Nilay Bakoglu, Efsevia Vakiani, Peter Ntiamoah, Martin R. Weiser, Julio Garcia-Aguilar, Meera Hameed, and et al. 2024. "Micro-Computed Tomography Whole-Block Imaging Reveals Origin and Path of Rectal Cancer Tumor Deposits: A Pilot Study" Diagnostics 14, no. 16: 1704. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14161704