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LIA™ White Paper

"LEADOPTIK LIA™: Optical Needle Guidance Early Multi-Institutional Clinical Experience"

University of Chicago, Montefiore Medical Center, UC San Diego Health

Real-world cases across three Tier 1 centers.

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WCBIP 2026

"Shining a Light on Lung Nodule Biospy: Needle-Based OCT Guidance"

Jordan Friedman, MD and Ali Sadoughi, MD. Montefiore / Albert Einstein College of Medicine

The authors report a 100% diagnostic yield: “LIA enabled diagnostic FNA in a cavitary lesion where other tools would have struggled to localize.”

Independent study. Not funded by LEADOPTIK.

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AABIP 2026

"Enhancing Diagnostic Yield of Random Post-Lung Transplant Biopsies Using Optical Guidance"

Sophie Gough, MD, et al., University of Chicago

Case report. The authors report that samples taken without imaging “were inadequate with almost no alveolated tissue,” while samples taken after imaging with the LEADOPTIK probe “were all alveolated.”

Independent case report. Not funded by LEADOPTIK

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