DocumentCode
421453
Title
Optical signals of the ovary
Author
Utzinger, Urs ; Brewer, Molly ; Kirkpatrick, Ned ; Drezek, Rebekah
Author_Institution
Biomed. Eng. Program, Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2004
fDate
16-21 May 2004
Abstract
Ovarian cancer has the highest mortality of all gynecologic cancers. Patients at high risk need technologies that detect early malignant changes. Optical techniques will play an important role in the screening, diagnosis and treatment monitoring.
Keywords
biological organs; cancer; gynaecology; patient diagnosis; patient monitoring; patient treatment; cancer screening; early malignant change detection; fluorescence spectroscopy; gynecologic cancers; high risk patients; optical signals; optical techniques; ovarian cancer; ovary; patient diagnosis; treatment monitoring;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-777-6
Type
conf
Filename
1360645
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