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Pancreatic cysts can be detected via the optical-scatter patterns of these submicroscopic sack-like pockets of tissue.

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Figure 1: Light scattering off tissue bears a complex spatial relationship to the tissue itself and to the geometry of the beam detector.

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  1. and in the Departments of Surgery and Physics, Brian W. Pogue is in the Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, 14 Engineering Drive, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA.,

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  2. Kenneth K. Wang is in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55902, USA.,

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Pogue, B., Wang, K. Cancer diagnostics: Light scattering by pancreatic cysts. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 0060 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-017-0060

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