Title :
Differential optical imaging using inhaled gases
Author :
Dixit, Sanhita ; Kotz, Kenneth T. ; Amin, Khalid ; Faris, Gregory W.
Author_Institution :
SRI Int., Menlo Park, CA
Abstract :
We show how inhalation of oxygen and carbon dioxide elicits contrast from changes in oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin. This method holds good promise for cancer detection.
Keywords :
biochemistry; biomedical measurement; biomedical optical imaging; blood; cancer; carbon compounds; oxygen; pneumodynamics; proteins; tumours; CO2; O2; cancer detection; carbon dioxide inhalation; deoxyhemoglobin; differential optical imaging; oxygen inhalation; oxyhemoglobin; Blood; Cameras; Cancer detection; Carbon dioxide; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Gases; Humans; In vivo; Light emitting diodes; Optical imaging; 170.0110 (Imaging systems); 170.5280 (Photon migration);
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628252