Infrared fiber optic spectroscopy: A novel tool for skin diagnosis

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5321, Issue , 2004, Pages 44-50

  Goldberg, I ^a   Shushan, A ^a   Brenner, S ^b   Nadler, B ^b   Raichlin, Y ^c   Shulzinger, E ^d   Gerber, L ^d   Katzir, A ^d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ir fibers; Ir spectroscopy; Skin cancer: Melanoma; Skin diagnosis

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIAGNOSIS; FIBER OPTICS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED RADIATION; LIPIDS; PROTEINS; TUMORS; WATER; WAVES;

IR FIBERS; MELANOMA; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DIAGNOSIS;

SKIN;

EID: 5644262633     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.528961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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