Visualization of prostatic nerves using polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography

We demonstrate that polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT) can identify the cavernous nerve in the human and rat prostate ex vivo based on its birefringence. PS-OCT may be useful for nerve preservation during radical prostatectomy.

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