Title :
Simultaneous morphological and biochemical imaging of oral epithelial cancer in a hamster cheek pouch model
Author :
Applegate, Brian E. ; Park, Jesung ; Shrestha, Sebina ; Pande, Paritosh ; Gimenez-Conti, Irma B. ; Brandon, Jimi L. ; Jo, Javier A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
We present the results of an animal study aimed at determining the value of collecting both morphological and biochemical images for oral cancer diagnosis using a multimodal optical coherence tomography and fluorescence lifetime imaging system.
Keywords :
biochemistry; biomedical optical imaging; cancer; fluorescence; image texture; medical image processing; optical tomography; physiological models; biochemical imaging; fluorescence lifetime imaging system; hamster cheek pouch model; morphological imaging; multimodal optical coherence tomography; oral cancer diagnosis; oral epithelial cancer; Biomedical optical imaging; Cancer; Fluorescence; Optical imaging; Optical sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
