The appearance of human skin: A survey

T Igarashi, K Nishino, SK Nayar - Foundations and Trends® …, 2007 - nowpublishers.com
Skin is the outer-most tissue of the human body. As a result, people are very aware of, and
very sensitive to, the appearance of their skin. Consequently, skin appearance has been a …

Light scattering from collagen fiber networks: micro-optical properties of normal and neoplastic stroma

D Arifler, I Pavlova, A Gillenwater, R Richards-Kortum - Biophysical journal, 2007 - cell.com
Abstract Development of epithelial precancer and cancer leads to well-documented
molecular and structural changes in the epithelium. Recently, it has been recognized that …

Analytical model of light reflectance for extraction of the optical properties in small volumes of turbid media

R Reif, O A'Amar, IJ Bigio - Applied optics, 2007 - opg.optica.org
Monte Carlo simulations and experiments in tissue phantoms were used to empirically
develop an analytical model that characterizes the reflectance spectrum in a turbid medium …

2D light scattering patterns of mitochondria in single cells

XT Su, C Capjack, W Rozmus, C Backhouse - Optics Express, 2007 - opg.optica.org
The ability to characterize the mitochondria in single living cells may provide a powerful tool
in clinical applications. We have recently developed a 2D (both polar angle and azimuth …

Confocal light absorption and scattering spectroscopic microscopy

H Fang, L Qiu, E Vitkin, MM Zaman, C Andersson… - Applied …, 2007 - opg.optica.org
We have developed a novel optical method for observing submicrometer intracellular
structures in living cells, which is called confocal light absorption and scattering …

Comparison of a physical model and principal component analysis for the diagnosis of epithelial neoplasias in vivo using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy

MC Skala, GM Palmer, KM Vrotsos… - Optics express, 2007 - opg.optica.org
We explored the use of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy in the ultraviolet-visible (UV-VIS)
spectrum for the diagnosis of epithelial pre-cancers and cancers in vivo. A physical model …

Using a porous silicon photonic crystal for bacterial cell‐based biosensing

SD Alvarez, MP Schwartz, B Migliori… - … status solidi (a), 2007 - Wiley Online Library
This work demonstrates a method for non‐invasively monitoring the growth and Φ6 virus
infection of Pseudomonas syringae bacteria using a 1‐D porous silicon photonic crystal and …

口腔癌早期诊断的研究现状

钟来平, 郑家伟, 张陈平, 张志愿 - 中国口腔颌面外科杂志, 2007 - cjoms.org
口腔癌是第6 位常见的癌症, 预后较差, 5 年生存率在50% 左右, 早期诊断和早期治疗是提高患者
生存率和生存质量的关键. 但当患者出现如疼痛, 出血, 溃疡, 肿块, 影响语言或吞咽疼痛等临床 …

Elastic scattering spectroscopy as a diagnostic tool for apoptosis in cell cultures

CS Mulvey, AL Curtis, SK Singh… - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Apoptosis, ldquoprogrammed cell death, rdquo is a cellular process exhibiting distinct
biochemical and morphological changes. There is much interest regarding the role of …

Assessment of the relative contribution of cellular components to the acetowhitening effect in cell cultures and suspensions using elastic light-scattering spectroscopy

TT Wu, JY Qu - Applied optics, 2007 - opg.optica.org
We aim to investigate the mechanism of acetowhitening upon which the colposcopic
diagnosis of cervical cancer is based. The changes in light scattering induced by acetic acid …