DocumentCode
1594390
Title
Oral Cancer Diagnosis with Optical Coherence Tomography
Author
Chen, Shu-Fan ; Lu, Chih-Wei ; Tsai, Meng-Tsan ; Wang, Yih-Ming ; Yang, C.C. ; Chiang, Chun-Ping
Author_Institution
Graduate Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., National Taiwan Univ., Taipei
fYear
2006
Firstpage
7227
Lastpage
7229
Abstract
We use an optical coherence tomography system with a specially designed probe to image the structures of tissues within the oral cavity for the diagnosis of oral precancer and cancer. Various types of oral mucosa, such as gingiva and buccal mucosa, normal and abnormal, can be well distinguished
Keywords
biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; cancer; fibre optic sensors; optical tomography; fiber-based OCT system; optical coherence tomography; oral cancer diagnosis; oral cavity; scanning probe; tissue structure; Biomedical optical imaging; Biopsy; Cancer; High-resolution imaging; Lesions; Oncological surgery; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Probes; Tomography; optical coherence tomography; oral precancer and cancer; scanning probe;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location
Shanghai
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8741-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616178
Filename
1616178
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