Optical Technologies for Early GI Cancer Detection: Many Ways to Skin a Cat

Author

Wilson, Brian C.

Author_Institution

Ontario Cancer Inst., Toronto Univ., Toronto, ON, Canada

fYear

2008

fDate

24-28 Feb. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

25

Abstract

The article consists of a Powerpoint presentation on optical technologies for early GI cancer detection. The areas discussed include: optical diagnostics; white-light endoscopy; optical coherence tomography; microendoscopy; endocytology; fluorescence endoscopy; Raman spectroscopy; confocal microscopy; diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and elastic scattering spectroscopy etc. etc.

Keywords

Raman spectroscopy; biological organs; biomedical measurement; biomedical optical imaging; cancer; endoscopes; fluorescence; optical microscopy; optical tomography; tumours; Raman spectroscopy; confocal microscopy; diffuse reflectance spectroscopy; early GI cancer detection; elastic scattering spectroscopy; endocytology; fluorescence endoscopy; microendoscopy; optical coherence tomography; optical diagnostics; optical technologies; white-light endoscopy; Cancer detection; Endoscopes; Fluorescence; Optical microscopy; Optical scattering; Raman scattering; Reflectivity; Skin; Spectroscopy; Tomography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-856-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2008.4528626

Filename

4528626