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

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

361

Lastpage

362

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.947915

Filename

947915