Optical spectroscopy of benign and malignant breast tissues

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2679, Issue , 1996, Pages 51-54

  Yang, Yuanlong ^a   Katz, Alvin ^a   Celmer, Edward J ^b   Zurawska Szczepaniak, Margaret ^b   Alfano, Robert R ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; HISTOLOGY; TISSUE;

BENIGN TISSUES; BREAST TISSUES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MALIGNANT TISSUES; NORMAL TISSUES; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPIES; SPECTRAL SCANS;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0010982757     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.237597     Document Type: Conference Paper

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