Title :
Detection of oral cancer by ALA fluorescent image
Author :
Jiang, Ching-Fen ; Wang, Chih-Yu ; Chen, Chin-Tin
Author_Institution :
I-Shou Univ., Taiwan
Abstract :
Biopsy method is the main method for oral cancer diagnosis, which is one of the most common malignant disease in Taiwan. It is essential to achieve the information of the distribution of malignancy prior to biopsy. Based on this purpose, we developed the ALA fluorescent image system associated with image segmentation algorithm to assist doctors to focus the area for biopsy and therefore to increase the accuracy of diagnosis.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; cancer; fluorescence; image segmentation; medical image processing; ALA fluorescent image; ALA fluorescent image system; biopsy method; image segmentation algorithm; malignancy distribution; malignant disease; oral cancer detection; oral cancer diagnosis; Biopsy; Cancer detection; Diseases; Filters; Fluorescence; Focusing; Image segmentation; Lesions; Optical reflection; Pain;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering, 2003. IEEE EMBS Asian-Pacific Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7943-8
DOI :
10.1109/APBME.2003.1302655
