Hybrid phosphorescence and fluorescence native spectroscopy for breast cancer detection

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Alimova, Alexandra ^a   Katz, A ^a   Sriramoju, Vidyasagar ^a   Budansky, Yuri ^a   Bykov, Alexei A ^a   Zeylikovich, Roman ^a   Alfano, R R ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer detection; Phosphorescence; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHORESCENCE; ULTRAVIOLET LAMPS;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DETECTION; RATIO ANALYSIS; TRYPTOPHAN;

ONCOLOGY;

TRYPTOPHAN; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRYPTOPHAN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34247857638     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2437139     Document Type: Article

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