Review: Optical micrometer resolution scanning for non-invasive grading of precancer in the human uterine cervix

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 483-496

  Bazant Hegemark, Florian ^a,b   Edey, Katharine ^b   Swingler, Gordon R ^b   Read, Mike D ^b   Stone, Nicholas ^a,b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Confocal microscopy; Epithelial precancer; Infrared spectroscopy; Optical coherence tomography; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

CANCER GRADING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; MEDLINE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POLARIMETRY; PRECANCER; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION; WART VIRUS;

EID: 57849163200     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460800700610     Document Type: Review

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