Fluorescence spectroscopy of neoplastic and non-neoplastic tissues

N Ramanujam - Neoplasia, 2000 - Elsevier
Fast and non-invasive, diagnostic techniques based on fluorescence spectroscopy have the
potential to link the biochemical and morphologic properties of tissues to individual patient …

Fiber optic probes for biomedical optical spectroscopy

U Utzinger, RR Richards-Kortum - Journal of biomedical …, 2003 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Fiber optic probes are a key element for biomedical spectroscopic sensing. We review the
use of fiber optic probes for optical spectroscopy, focusing on applications in turbid media …

Point-of-care, smartphone-based, dual-modality, dual-view, oral cancer screening device with neural network classification for low-resource communities

RD Uthoff, B Song, S Sunny, S Patrick, A Suresh… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Oral cancer is a growing health issue in a number of low-and middle-income countries
(LMIC), particularly in South and Southeast Asia. The described dual-modality, dual-view …

Dental oct

BW Colston, US Sathyam, LB DaSilva, MJ Everett… - Optics express, 1998 - opg.optica.org
We present here the first in vivo optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of human
dental tissue. A novel dental optical coherence tomography system has been developed …

Discrimination of normal, inflammatory, premalignant, and malignant oral tissue: a Raman spectroscopy study

R Malini, K Venkatakrishna, J Kurien… - Biopolymers …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Optical spectroscopy methods are fast emerging as potential alternatives for early diagnosis
of cancer. A Raman spectroscopy method for discrimination of normal and malignant oral …

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 …

Understanding the contributions of NADH and collagen to cervical tissue fluorescence spectra: modeling, measurements, and implications

R Drezek, K Sokolov, U Utzinger… - … of biomedical optics, 2001 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Objective: At 380 nm excitation, cervical tissue fluorescence spectra demonstrate
characteristic changes with both patient age and the presence of dysplasia. A Monte Carlo …

[PDF][PDF] Fluorescence spectroscopy in vivo

N Ramanujam - Encyclopedia of analytical chemistry, 2000 - inventus.org
Diagnostic techniques based on optical spectroscopy have the potential to link the
biochemical and morphological properties of tissues to individual patient care. In particular …

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 …

Optimal Excitation Wavelengths for In Vivo Detection of Oral Neoplasia Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy ¶

DL Heintzelman, U Utzinger, H Fuchs… - Photochemistry and …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
There is no satisfactory mechanism to detect premalignant lesions in the upper aero‐
digestive tract. Fluorescence spectroscopy has potential to bridge the gap between clinical …