Combined reflectance and fluorescence spectroscopy for in vivo detection of cervical pre-cancer

SK Chang, YN Mirabal, EN Atkinson… - … of biomedical optics, 2005 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Optical technologies, such as reflectance and fluorescence spectroscopy, have shown the
potential to provide improved point-of-care detection methods for cervical neoplasia that are …

Reflectance spectroscopy for in vivo detection of cervical precancer

YN Mirabal, SK Chang, EN Atkinson… - … of biomedical optics, 2002 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Optical technologies, in particular fluorescence spectroscopy, have shown the potential to
provide improved detection methods for cervical neoplasia that are sensitive and cost …

Diffuse reflectance patterns in cervical spectroscopy

NM Marín, A Milbourne, H Rhodes, T Ehlen… - Gynecologic …, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES.: Our laboratory seeks to develop minimally invasive cost-effective methods to
improve screening and detection of curable precursors to cervical cancer. Previously, we …

The performance of fluorescence and reflectance spectroscopy for the in vivo diagnosis of cervical neoplasia; point probe versus multispectral approaches

JA Freeberg, JL Benedet, C MacAulay, LA West… - Gynecologic …, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE.: This review evaluates the diagnostic efficacy of fluorescence spectroscopy,
reflectance spectroscopy, and their combination that use both point probe and multispectral …

Optimal excitation wavelengths for discrimination of cervical neoplasia

SK Chang, M Follen, A Malpica… - IEEE Transactions …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fluorescence spectroscopy has shown promise for the in vivo, real-time detection of cervical
neoplasia. However, selection of excitation wavelength has in the past been based on in …

Model-based analysis of reflectance and fluorescence spectra for in vivo detection of cervical dysplasia and cancer

C Redden Weber, RA Schwarz… - Journal of …, 2008 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Development, validation, and implementation of an analytical model to extract biologically
and diagnostically relevant parameters from measured cervical tissue reflectance and …

The clinical effectiveness of optical spectroscopy for the in vivo diagnosis of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: where are we?

M Cardenas-Turanzas, JA Freeberg, JL Benedet… - Gynecologic …, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: In this review, we evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of optical spectroscopy
technologies (fluorescence and reflectance spectroscopy) for the in vivo diagnosis of …

Optical imaging of the cervix

RA Drezek, R Richards‐Kortum… - … Journal of the …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in fiber optics, sources and detectors, imaging, and computer‐controlled
instrumentation have stimulated a period of unprecedented growth in the development of …

Fluorescence spectroscopy for diagnosis of squamous intraepithelial lesions of the cervix

MF Mitchell, SB Cantor, N Ramanujam… - Obstetrics & …, 1999 - Elsevier
Objective: To calculate receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves for fluorescence
spectroscopy in order to measure its performance in the diagnosis of squamous …

Effects of biographical variables on cervical fluorescence emission spectra

C Brookner, U Utzinger, M Follen… - Journal of …, 2003 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Diagnostic algorithms can classify tissue samples as diseased or nondiseased based on
fluorescence emission collected from the intact cervix. Such algorithms can distinguish high …