Photo-controlled absorption in Bacteriorhodopsin films for medical image processing

Author

Yelleswarapu, Chandra S. ; Kothapalli, Sri-Rajasekhar ; Wu, Pengfei ; Rao, D.V.G.L.N.

Author_Institution

Phys. Dept., Univ. of Massachusetts, Boston, MA

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Light modulation between B and M states of Bacteriorhodopsin films is controlled photo-dynamically for optical Fourier spatial filtering. The technique is applied to display only microcalcifications while filtering out the background in mammograms in real-time.

Keywords

Fourier transform optics; biological organs; biomedical optical imaging; cancer; light absorption; mammography; medical image processing; molecular biophysics; optical films; optical filters; optical modulation; proteins; spatial filters; tumours; bacteriorhodopsin film; breast cancer diagnostics; light modulation; mammogram; medical image processing; microcalcifications; optical Fourier spatial filtering; photocontrolled absorption; real-time system; Absorption; Biomedical image processing; Biomedical optical imaging; Displays; Filtering; Lighting control; Optical control; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628254

Filename

4628254