Distinguishing normal, benign and malignant human breast tissues by visible polarized fluorescence

Lasers in the Life Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 229-243

  Laxmi, B V ^a   Panda, R N ^a   Nair, M S ^a   Rastogi, A ^a   Mittal, D K ^a   Agarwal, A ^a   Pradhan, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Benign; Flavins; Fluorescence; Laser Spectroscopy; Malignant; Polarization

Indexed keywords

QUERCETIN;

ANISOTROPY; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE;

EID: 0034852884     PISSN: 08860467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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