Background Breast surgeons have a wide variety of intraoperative techniques available to
help achieve low rates for positive margins of excision, with variable levels of evidence …

In breast conserving surgery, the tumor should be removed with a clean margin, a rim of
healthy tissue surrounding. Failure to achieve clean margins in the initial surgery results in a …

Image warping is a popular tool for smoothly transforming one image to another." Morphing"
techniques based on geometric image interpolation create compelling visual effects, but the …

Background: The authors investigated thermal injury depth, inflammation, and scarring in
human abdominal skin by comparing the histology of incisions made with a standard “cold” …

A positive margin in breast conserving surgery is associated with an increased risk of local
recurrence. Failure to achieve clear margins results in re‐excision procedures. Methods for …

Assessment of margins when excising ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast is
difficult. Frozen section is unreliable and specimen intraoperative radiography only provides …

Breast-conserving therapy including partial mastectomy and radiation is commonly
performed for patients who are surgical candidates for breast cancer. Although it is as …

Accurate and rapid quantitation of cell attachment, spreading, and growth on a polymer thin
film coated glass cover slide was developed by analyzing the digital images of cells stained …

Karra H, Pitkänen R, Nykänen M, Talvinen K, Kuopio T, Söderström M & Kronqvist P (2012)
Histopathology 60, 586–596 Securin predicts aneuploidy and survival in breast cancer …

PURPOSE: To evaluate the accuracy of surgical specimen ultrasound in the assessment of
the status of resection margins after breast-conserving surgery. METHODS AND …