Qualitative optical evaluation of malignancies related to cutaneous phototype

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7563, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Borisova, E ^a   Avramov, L ^a   Pavlova, P ^b   Pavlova, E ^c   Troyanova, P ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS   (Bulgaria)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c National Oncological Diagnostic Center   (Bulgaria)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Cutaneous carcinoma; Cutaneous phototype; Endogenous chromophores; Skin autofluorescence

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATION ALGORITHMS; EARLY DETECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOGENOUS CHROMOPHORES; IN-VIVO; LESION SITE; NORMAL SKIN; SKIN AUTOFLUORESCENCE; SKIN CANCERS; SKIN SURFACES; SPECTRAL TECHNIQUES;

CHROMOPHORES; FLUORESCENCE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PATHOLOGY;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77951706960     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.852791     Document Type: Conference Paper

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