Handheld confocal Raman microspectrometer for in-vivo skin cancer measurement

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5321, Issue , 2004, Pages 10-16

  Lieber, Chad A ^a   Ellis, Darrel L ^b   Dean Billheimer, D ^c   Mahadevan Jansen, Anita ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

External cavity diode laser; Portable Raman microscope; Raman spectroscopy; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIPIDS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTROMETERS;

CONFOCAL RAMAN MICROSCOPES (CRM); DIODE LASER EXCITATIONS; SKIN CANCERS; TISSUE DIAGNOSIS;

TUMORS;

EID: 5644294508     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.533188     Document Type: Conference Paper

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