Comparative study of protoporphyrin IX fluorescence image enhancement methods to improve an optical imaging system for oral cancer detection

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Jiang, Ching Fen ^a   Wang, Chih Yu ^a   Chiang, Chun Ping ^b  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; FLUORESCENCE ENHANCEMENT; FLUORESCENCE IMAGE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING SYSTEMS; NEGATIVE CONTROL; NEOPLASTIC TISSUE; OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM; OPTIMAL IMAGES; ORAL CANCER; ORAL CANCER DETECTION; ORAL MUCOSA; ORAL PREMALIGNANCY; PROTOPORPHYRIN IX; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; RED GREEN BLUES; REFLECTANCE DIFFERENCES; WIDE AREA;

DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; DISEASES; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TISSUE;

FLUORESCENCE;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH TUMOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROTOPORPHYRINS;

EID: 80455163142     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3595860     Document Type: Article

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