Title :
Combining Raman spectroscopy with background near-infrared autofluorescence to improve the noninvasive detection of malignant tumors
Author :
Huang, Zhiwei ; Lui, H. ; McLean, David I. ; Korbelik, Mladen ; Zeng, Haishan
Author_Institution :
British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Abstract :
This study evaluated and compared the diagnostic ability of near-infrared (NIR) autofluorescence spectroscopy, NIR Raman spectroscopy, and the superimposed Raman and NIR autofluorescence spectroscopy for in vivo detection of malignant tumors using a murine model.
Keywords :
Raman spectroscopy; biomedical measurement; fluorescence; infrared spectroscopy; tumours; NIR Raman spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; in vivo detection; malignant tumors; murine model; near-infrared autofluorescence; noninvasive detection; Cancer; In vivo; Linear discriminant analysis; Malignant tumors; Mice; Neoplasms; Principal component analysis; Raman scattering; Skin; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Biophotonics, 2004. APBP 2004. The Second Asian and Pacific Rim Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8676-0
DOI :
10.1109/APBP.2004.1412299
