In vivo autofluorescence imaging of early cancers in the human tracheobronchial tree with a spectrally optimized system

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-25

  Goujon, Didier ^a   Zellweger, Matthieu ^a   Radu, Alexandre ^b   Grosjean, Pierre ^b   Weber, Bernd Claus ^c   Van Den Bergh, Hubert ^a   Monnier, Philippe ^b   Wagnières, Georges ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Richard Wolf Endoskope GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Decisional thresholds; Early bronchial cancer; Photodetection

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; ONCOLOGY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE;

CANCERS; DECISIONAL THRESHOLD; HUMAN TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; IN VIVO AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CANIS; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CARCINOMA IN SITU; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037208316     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1528594     Document Type: Article

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