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Caption: This is a 2x2x2mm extracted blood vessel structure of basal cell carcinoma in vivo exhibiting a chaotic vascular pattern (left). Virtually cut volume obtained with OCT displaying the embedded blood vessels in red (right).
Credit: Courtesy Medical University Vienna
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