Method to determine tissue fluorescence efficiency in vivo and predict signal-to-noise ratio for spectrometers

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 943-951

  Trujillo, E V ^a   Sandison, D R ^b   Utzinger, U ^a   Ramanujam, N ^a   Mitchell, M Follen ^c   Richards Kortum, R ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; Cost effectiveness analysis; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Precancer; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FLUORESCENCE; GYNECOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTROMETERS; TISSUE;

FLUORESCENCE EFFICIENCY THEORY;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0032121245     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/0003702981944751     Document Type: Article

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