Evaluation of cervical lymph nodes using multispectral optoacoustic tomography: a proof-of-concept study.

Objectives: Examination of lymph nodes is one of the most common indications for imaging in the head and neck region. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether multispectral optoacoustic tomography can be used to observe chromophore differences between benign and malignant neck lymph nodes.

Materials And Methods: Proof-of-concept ex vivo study of resected cervical lymph nodes from 11 patients.