Device and method for imaging the ear using optical coherence tomography

SA Boppart, C Xi - US Patent 8,115,934, 2012 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method of forming an image of tissue. The method includes non-
invasively inserting a fiber-based device into a patients ear canal and acquiring OCT data …

Auto-fluorescence lifetime and light reflectance spectroscopy for breast cancer diagnosis: potential tools for intraoperative margin detection

V Sharma, S Shivalingaiah, Y Peng, D Euhus… - Biomedical optics …, 2012 - opg.optica.org
This study investigates the use of two spectroscopic techniques, auto-fluorescence lifetime
measurement (AFLM) and light reflectance spectroscopy (LRS), for detecting invasive ductal …

Breast cancer detection using cartesian genetic programming evolved artificial neural networks

AM Ahmad, GM Khan, SA Mahmud… - Proceedings of the 14th …, 2012 - dl.acm.org
A fast learning neuro-evolutionary technique that evolves Artificial Neural Networks using
Cartesian Genetic Programming (CGPANN) is used to detect the presence of breast cancer …

Wide-field spectral imaging of human ovary autofluorescence and oncologic diagnosis via previously collected probe data

TE Renkoski, KD Hatch… - Journal of biomedical …, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
With no sufficient screening test for ovarian cancer, a method to evaluate the ovarian
disease state quickly and nondestructively is needed. The authors have applied a wide-field …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing optical imaging for breast margin assessment: an analysis of excisional time, cautery, and patent blue dye on underlying sources of contrast

TM Bydlon, WT Barry, SA Kennedy, JQ Brown… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Breast conserving surgery (BCS) is a recommended treatment for breast cancer patients
where the goal is to remove the tumor and a surrounding rim of normal tissue. Unfortunately …

Parallel factor analysis of ovarian autofluorescence as a cancer diagnostic

R George, M Michaelides, MA Brewer… - Lasers in surgery and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Objectives Endogenous fluorescence from certain amino acids,
structural proteins, and enzymatic co‐factors in tissue is altered by carcinogenesis. We …

Distribution of phthalocyanines and Raman reporters in human cancerous and noncancerous breast tissue as studied by Raman imaging

B Brozek-Pluska, A Jarota… - … in cancer research …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
There is a considerable interest in the developing new diagnostic techniques allowing
noninvasive tracking of the progress of therapies used to treat a cancer. Raman imaging of …

Stokes shift spectroscopy pilot study for cancerous and normal prostate tissues

J Ebenezar, Y Pu, WB Wang, CH Liu, RR Alfano - Applied Optics, 2012 - opg.optica.org
Stokes shift spectroscopy (S3) is an emerging approach toward cancer detection. The goal
of this paper is to evaluate the diagnostic potential of the S3 technique for the detection and …

Comparative evaluation of differential laser-induced perturbation spectroscopy as a technique to discriminate emerging skin pathology

RT Kozikowski, SE Smith, JA Lee… - Journal of …, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Fluorescence spectroscopy has been widely investigated as a technique for identifying
pathological tissue; however, unrelated subject-to-subject variations in spectra complicate …

Angular domain spectroscopic imaging for breast cancer margin assessment after lumpectomy

F Vasefi, M Najiminaini, A Chamson-Reig… - Optical …, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Angular Domain Spectroscopic Imaging (ADSI) is a novel technique for the detection and
characterization of optical contrast abnormalities in ex-vivo breast tissue samples based on …