1. Utility of endoscopic anatomical optical coherence tomography in functional rhinoplasty
- Author
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Madison J. Clark, Wesley H. Stepp, Bryan M. Brandon, Amy L. Oldenburg, William W. Shockley, Santosh Balakrishnan, Ruofei Bu, Candace M. Waters, and Julia S. Kimbell
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Nasal cavity ,Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery ,Paper ,Video endoscopy ,endoscopic OCT ,Biomedical Engineering ,Computed tomography ,functional rhinoplasty ,01 natural sciences ,Surgical Flaps ,Objective assessment ,Imaging ,010309 optics ,Biomaterials ,Optical coherence tomography ,nasal valve surgery ,0103 physical sciences ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,Medicine ,Humans ,nasal valve compromise ,optical coherence tomography ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Functional rhinoplasty ,respiratory system ,Rhinoplasty ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Endoscopy ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Nasal Cavity ,Nuclear medicine ,business ,Cadaveric spasm ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Tomography, Optical Coherence - Abstract
Objective measurement of the nasal valve region is valuable for the assessment of functional rhinoplasty surgical outcomes. Anatomical optical coherence tomography (aOCT) is an imaging modality that may be used to obtain real-time, quantitative, and volumetric scans of the nasal airway. We aim to evaluate if volumetric aOCT imaging is useful for the examination of the nasal valve region before and after functional rhinoplasty procedures. aOCT scans of the nasal valves were performed on four cadaveric heads before and after spreader graft and butterfly graft procedures. The resulting aOCT images were compared against video endoscopy images, and the segmented volumes of the nasal airway obtained from aOCT scans were compared with computed tomography (CT) derived volumes acquired under the same conditions. The aOCT-derived volumes match the CT volumes closely, with a mean Dice similarity coefficient of 0.88 and a mean Hausdorff distance of 2.3 mm. Furthermore, the aOCT images were found to represent the shape of the nasal cavity accurately. Due to its ability to perform real-time, quantitative, and accurate evaluation of the nasal airway, aOCT imaging is a promising modality for the objective assessment of the nasal valves before and after functional rhinoplasty procedures.
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- 2019