• 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