Pathological diagnosis of bladder cancer by image analysis of hypericin induced fluorescence cystoscopic images

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5863, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-8

  Kah, James C Y ^a   Olivo, Malini C ^b   Lau, Weber K O ^c   Sheppard, Colin J R ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Cancer diagnosis; Digitized fluorescence endoscopy imaging; Fluorescence cystoscopy; Fluorescence quantification; Hypericin; Image analysis; Optical biopsy; Photodynamic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; COLORIMETRIC ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; TISSUE; TUMORS;

BLADDER CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIGITIZED FLUORESCENCE ENDOSCOPY IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE CYSTOSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE QUANTIFICATION; HYPERICIN; OPTICAL BIOPSY; PHOTODYNAMIC DIAGNOSIS;

PATHOLOGY;

EID: 28844449256     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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