Title :
Oral Cancer Diagnosis with Optical Coherence Tomography
Author :
Chen, Shu-Fan ; Lu, Chih-Wei ; Tsai, Meng-Tsan ; Wang, Yih-Ming ; Yang, C.C. ; Chiang, Chun-Ping
Author_Institution :
Graduate Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., National Taiwan Univ., Taipei
Abstract :
We use an optical coherence tomography system with a specially designed probe to image the structures of tissues within the oral cavity for the diagnosis of oral precancer and cancer. Various types of oral mucosa, such as gingiva and buccal mucosa, normal and abnormal, can be well distinguished
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; cancer; fibre optic sensors; optical tomography; fiber-based OCT system; optical coherence tomography; oral cancer diagnosis; oral cavity; scanning probe; tissue structure; Biomedical optical imaging; Biopsy; Cancer; High-resolution imaging; Lesions; Oncological surgery; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Probes; Tomography; optical coherence tomography; oral precancer and cancer; scanning probe;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8741-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616178
