Clinical system for skin tumour detection by fluorescence lifetime imaging

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 2295-2296

  Cubeddu, R ^a   Comelli, D ^a   D'Andrea, C ^a   Taroni, P ^a   Valentini, G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Fluorescence imaging; Fluorescence lifetime; Tumor detection

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CALCULATIONS; CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAPPING; MEDICAL IMAGING; SKIN; TISSUE;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; FLUORESCENCE DECAY; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING; PROLIFERATIVE TISSUE; SKIN TUMOR DETECTION;

TUMORS;

EID: 0036911394     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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