Diagnosis of breast cancer using elastic-scattering spectroscopy: preliminary clinical results

IJ Bigio, SG Bown, GM Briggs, C Kelley… - … of biomedical optics, 2000 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We report on the first stages of a clinical study designed to test elastic-scattering
spectroscopy, mediated by fiberoptic probes, for three specific clinical applications in breast …

Quantifying the properties of two-layer turbid media with frequency-domain diffuse reflectance

TH Pham, T Spott, LO Svaasand, BJ Tromberg - Applied optics, 2000 - opg.optica.org
Noncontact, frequency-domain measurements of diffusely reflected light are used to quantify
optical properties of two-layer tissuelike turbid media. The irradiating source is a sinusoidal …

Listening to colloidal silica samples: simultaneous measurement of absorbed and scattered light using pulsed-laser photoacoustics

JR Small, NS Foster, JE Amonette, T Autrey - Applied Spectroscopy, 2000 - opg.optica.org
Laser photoacoustic spectroscopy (LPAS) has been used to simultaneously measure
scattered light and absorbed light with the use of a single piezoelectric transducer detector …

Developments in endoscopic technology for oesophageal cancer.

IJ Bigio, SG Bown, C Kelley, L Lovat… - Journal of the Royal …, 2000 - search.ebscohost.com
Reports on the first stages of a clinical study designed to test the elastic-scattering
spectroscopy (ESS) method for identification of dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus …

Staging and selection of treatment.

JR Siewert - Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of …, 2000 - search.ebscohost.com
Highlights the important considerations in staging and selection of treatment for
oesophageal cancer. Risk analysis of the patient; Time point at which the operation should …

Interstitial Optical Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer

SG Bown… - 2000 - apps.dtic.mil
Aim To develop optical techniques for diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer We
developed the hardware for collection and analysis of white light reflected from tissue elastic …