Title :
A new optical scattering technique for accurate determination of micro-particle size for early cancer detections
Author :
Luo, Ye ; Huang, Jiandong ; Mohajerani, Pouyan ; Adibi, Ali
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA
Abstract :
We discovered the linear dependence of the micro-particle size and the harmonic position of Fourier transforms of the far-field light scattering spectra over wavenumber. Based on this observation, we developed a new micro-particle sizing technique.
Keywords :
Fourier transforms; cancer; light scattering; medical signal processing; particle size measurement; Fourier transform harmonic position; early cancer detections; far-field light scattering spectra; microparticle size determination; optical scattering technique; Cancer detection; Fourier transforms; Light scattering; Light sources; Mie scattering; Optical scattering; Particle measurements; Particle scattering; Resonance light scattering; Size measurement; (290.5850) Scattering, particles; (300.6300) Spectroscopy, Fourier transforms;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628650
