Diagnosing breast cancer using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and intrinsic fluorescence spectroscopy

Z Volynskaya, AS Haka, KL Bechtel… - … of biomedical optics, 2008 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and intrinsic fluorescence spectroscopy, we have
developed an algorithm that successfully classifies normal breast tissue, fibrocystic change …

Diagnosis of breast cancer using fluorescence and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy: a Monte-Carlo-model-based approach

C Zhu, GM Palmer, TM Breslin, J Harter… - … of biomedical optics, 2008 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We explore the use of Monte-Carlo-model-based approaches for the analysis of
fluorescence and diffuse reflectance spectra measured ex vivo from breast tissues. These …

Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy: towards clinical application in breast cancer

DJ Evers, R Nachabe, MJ Vranken Peeters… - Breast cancer research …, 2013 - Springer
Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) is a promising new technique for breast cancer
diagnosis. However, inter-patient variation due to breast tissue heterogeneity may interfere …

Diagnosis of breast cancer using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy: Comparison of a Monte Carlo versus partial least squares analysis based feature extraction …

C Zhu, GM Palmer, TM Breslin, J Harter… - Lasers in Surgery …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Objective We explored the use of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy
in the ultraviolet‐visible (UV‐VIS) spectrum for the diagnosis of breast cancer. A physical …

Comparison of autofluorescence, diffuse reflectance, and Raman spectroscopy for breast tissue discrimination

SK Majumder, MD Keller, FI Boulos… - … of biomedical optics, 2008 - spiedigitallibrary.org
For a given diagnostic problem, important considerations are the relative performances of
the various optical biopsy techniques. A comparative evaluation of fluorescence, diffuse …

Diagnosis of breast cancer using diffuse optical spectroscopy from 500 to 1600 nm: comparison of classification methods

R Nachabé, DJ Evers, BHW Hendriks… - … of biomedical optics, 2011 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We report on the use of diffuse optical spectroscopy analysis of breast spectra acquired in
the wavelength range from 500 to 1600 nm with a fiber optic probe. A total of 102 ex vivo …

Use of a multiseparation fiber optic probe for the optical diagnosis of breast cancer

C Zhu, GM Palmer, TM Breslin, F Xu… - … of biomedical optics, 2005 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We explore the effects of the illumination and collection geometry on optical spectroscopic
diagnosis of breast cancer. Fluorescence and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy in the UV …

Visible and near-infrared spectroscopy for distinguishing malignant tumor tissue from benign tumor and normal breast tissues in vitro

Y Zhang, Y Chen, Y Yu, X Xue… - Journal of biomedical …, 2013 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The high incidence and mortality of breast cancer requires an effective, rapid, and cost-
effective method for its diagnosis. Here, visible and near-infrared spectroscopy in the …

Characterization of metabolic differences between benign and malignant tumors: high-spectral-resolution diffuse optical spectroscopy

S Kukreti, AE Cerussi, W Tanamai, D Hsiang… - Radiology, 2010 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To develop a near-infrared spectroscopic method to identify breast cancer
biomarkers and to retrospectively determine if benign and malignant breast lesions could be …

Intrinsic tumor biomarkers revealed by novel double-differential spectroscopic analysis of near-infrared spectra

S Kukreti, A Cerussi, B Tromberg… - Journal of biomedical …, 2007 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We develop a double-differential spectroscopic analysis method for broadband near-
infrared (NIR, 650 to 1000 nm) absorption spectra. Application of this method to spectra of …