Title :
Cancer detection using NIR elastic light scattering and tissue fluorescence imaging
Author :
Demos, Stavros G. ; Staggs, M. ; Radousky, H.B. ; Gandour-Edwards, R. ; deVere White, R.
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The feasibility of developing surface or near surface cancer detection methods using near infrared (NIR) light scattering and/or tissue fluorescence is the focus of the investigation. Two main imaging approaches are explored: a) NIR polarized elastic light scattering and b) fluorescence in the NIR spectral region under laser excitation in the green and red spectral regions.
Keywords :
bio-optics; biological tissues; biomedical imaging; cancer; fluorescence; light scattering; cancer; cancer detection; elastic light scattering; fluorescence; fluorescence imaging; green spectral regions; human tissue samples; imaging approaches; laser excitation; near infrared light scattering; near surface cancer detection methods; near-IR elastic light scattering; near-IR polarized elastic light scattering; near-IR spectral region; red spectral regions; surface cancer detection methods; tissue; tissue fluorescence; tissue fluorescence imaging; Cancer detection; DNA; Fluorescence; Humans; Light scattering; Optical imaging; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Pump lasers; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-662-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2001.947915
