Detection of early bronchial carcinoma by imaging of the tissue autofluorescence

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4432, Issue , 2001, Pages 131-138

  Goujon, Didier ^a   Glanzmann, Thomas ^a   Gabrecht, Tanja ^a   Zellweger, Matthieu ^a   Radu, Alexandre ^b   Van Den Bergh, Hubert ^a   Monnier, Philippe ^b   Wagnieres, Georges ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TISSUE; TUMORS;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE (AF);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0035760004     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.447129     Document Type: Article

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