DocumentCode
2493621
Title
Fiber optic probe for polarized reflectance spectroscopy: oral mucosa studies
Author
Nieman, Linda T. ; Myakov, Alexey ; Sokolov, Konstantin
Author_Institution
Biomed. Eng. Program, Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
Volume
3
fYear
2002
fDate
23-26 Oct. 2002
Firstpage
2267
Abstract
We describe a new clinical instrument based on polarized reflectance spectroscopy for the early detection of cancerous and precancerous lesions of the oral mucosa.
Keywords
biological tissues; biomedical equipment; cancer; light polarisation; patient diagnosis; probes; visible spectroscopy; cancerous lesions; clinical instrument; fiber optic probe; medical instrumentation; oral cancer; oral mucosa; oral mucosa studies; polarized reflectance spectroscopy; precancerous lesions; Cancer; Instruments; Light scattering; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Probes; Reflectivity; Spectroscopy;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint
ISSN
1094-687X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7612-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053275
Filename
1053275
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