Title :
Near infrared light interaction with lung cancer cells
Author :
Giakos, G.C. ; Marotta, S. ; Narayan, C. ; Petermann, J. ; Sestra, S. ; Pingili, D. ; Tsokaktsidis, S.A. ; Sheffer, D.B. ; Xu, W. ; Zervakis, M. ; Livanos, G. ; Kounelakis, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput., Univ. of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
Abstract :
The objective of this study is to explore the phenomenology of near infrared (NIR) light interaction with healthy and early-lung cancer by combining efficient polarimetric backscattering detection techniques with Polarimetric Exploratory Data Analysis (pEDA). Preliminary results indicate that enhanced discrimination signatures can be obtained for certain types of lung cancers.
Keywords :
backscatter; bio-optics; biomedical optical imaging; cancer; cellular biophysics; light scattering; lung; polarimetry; NIR light interaction; discrimination signatures; early lung cancer cells; healthy lung cells; near infrared light interaction; pEDA; polarimetric backscattering detection techniques; polarimetric exploratory data analysis; Calibration; Cancer; Glass; Lungs; Matrix decomposition; Optical polarization; Pathology; Polarimetric Exploratory Data Analysis (pEDA); early detection and enhanced discrimination; lung cancer; physical phenomenology of polarized light with cancer tissue pathologies;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Binjiang
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7933-7
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2011.5944333
