Combination of fluorescence and reflectance spectroscopy for in vivo detection of cervical pre-cancers

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 2265-2266

  Chang, Sung K ^a   Mirabal, Yvette N ^b   Atkinson, E Neely ^b   Malpica, Anais ^b   Follen, Michele ^b   Richards Kortum, Rebecca ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Pre cancer detection; Reflectance; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT EMISSION; OBSTETRICS; ONCOLOGY; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

CERVICAL PRE CANCERS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRE CANCER DETECTION; REFLECTANCE SOURCE DETECTOR SEPARATION; REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

TISSUE;

EID: 0036911482     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. M. Follen Mitchell, S.B. Cantor, C. Brookner, U. Utzinger, D. Schottenfeld, et al., "Screening for Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions with Fluorescence Spectroscopy," Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 94, pp. 889-96, 1999.
2. M. Follen Mitchell, D. Schottenfeld, G. Tortolero-Luna, S.B. Cantor, R. Richards-Kortum, "Colposcopy for the Diagnosis of Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions: A Meta-Analysis," Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 91, pp. 626-631, 1998.
3. S.K.Chang, M. Follen, A. Malpica, U. Utzinger, G. Stearkel, D. Cox et al., "Optimal Excitation Wavelengths for Detection of Cervical Neoplasia," submitted to IEEE Transactions in Biomedical Engineering, 2001.
4. Y. Mirabal, S.K. Chang, E.N. Atkinson, M. Follen, R. Richards-Kortum, "Reflectance Spectroscopy for Detection of Cervical Pre-cancer," submitted to Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2002.
5. C. Brookner, U. Utzinger, M. Follen, R. Richards-Kortum, E.N., Atkinson, "Effect of Biographical Variables on Cervical Fluorescence Emission Spectra," submitted to Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2001.