Peer-Reviewed Publication
Dermatopathology (Basel)2026;13(3)August 20, 2026Journal Article

Emerging In Vivo and Ex Vivo Optical Imaging Technologies in Dermatology and Dermatopathology.

Christoph Müller1, Harald Kittler1, Mathias Drach1
1Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.

Abstract

Optical imaging technologies are increasingly reshaping the interface between clinical dermatology and dermatopathology. In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy (IV-RCM), line-field confocal optical coherence tomography (LC-OCT), and ex vivo confocal microscopy (EV-CM) provide tissue-level morphological information without the need for conventional histopathologic processing or with substantially…

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