Review of biomedical optical imaging—a powerful, non-invasive, non-ionizing technology for improving in vivo diagnosis

C Balas - Measurement science and technology, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews the recent developments in the field of biomedical optical imaging,
emphasizing technologies that have been moved from'bench top to bedside'. Important new …

Recent advances in optical imaging for cervical cancer detection

IM Orfanoudaki, D Kappou, S Sifakis - Archives of gynecology and …, 2011 - Springer
Cervical cancer is one of the most common and lethal gynecological malignancies in both
developing and developed countries, and therefore, there is a considerable interest in early …

In vivo imaging of oral neoplasia using a miniaturized fiber optic confocal reflectance microscope

KC Maitland, AM Gillenwater, MD Williams… - Oral oncology, 2008 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to determine whether in vivo images of oral mucosa obtained
with a fiber optic confocal reflectance microscope could be used to differentiate normal and …

Quantitative physiology of the precancerous cervix in vivo through optical spectroscopy

VTC Chang, PS Cartwright, SM Bean, GM Palmer… - Neoplasia, 2009 - Elsevier
Cervical cancer is the second most common female cancer worldwide. The ability to quantify
physiological and morphological changes in the cervix is not only useful in the diagnosis of …

Dynamic spectral imaging colposcopy: higher sensitivity for detection of premalignant cervical lesions

JA Louwers, A Zaal, M Kocken… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Please cite this paper as: Louwers J, Zaal A, Kocken M, ter Harmsel W, Graziosi G, Spruijt J,
Berkhof J, Balas C, Papagiannakis E, Snijders P, Meijer C, van Kemenade F, Verheijen R …

Analysis of acetic acid-induced whitening of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions

BW Pogue, HB Kaufman, A Zelenchuk… - Journal of …, 2001 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Immature and dysplastic cervical squamous epithelium whitens after the application of acetic
acid during a colposcopic examination. The whitening process occurs visually over several …

In vivo optical virtual biopsy of human oral mucosa with harmonic generation microscopy

MR Tsai, SY Chen, DB Shieh, PJ Lou… - Biomedical optics …, 2011 - opg.optica.org
Recent clinical studies on human skin indicated that in vivo multi-harmonic generation
microscopy (HGM) can achieve sub-micron resolution for histopathological analysis with a …

Dynamic spectral imaging: improving colposcopy

WP Soutter, E Diakomanolis, D Lyons… - Clinical Cancer …, 2009 - AACR
Purpose: Colposcopy occupies a key role in the prevention of cervical cancer by identifying
preinvasive or invasive lesions. However, colposcopy is subjective and is responsible for …

Using acetowhite opacity index for detecting cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

W Li, S Venkataraman, U Gustafsson… - Journal of …, 2009 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) exhibits certain morphologic features that can be
identified during a colposcopic exam. Immature metaplastic and dysplastic cervical …

Single fiber confocal microscope with a two-axis gimbaled MEMS scanner for cellular imaging

KC Maitland, HJ Shin, H Ra, D Lee, O Solgaard… - Optics express, 2006 - opg.optica.org
We present a single fiber reflectance confocal microscope with a two dimensional MEMS
gimbaled scanner. Achieved lateral and axial resolutions are 0.82 μm and 13 μm …