Title :
Determination of Tumor Stroma Scattering Coefficient Using Confocal Microscopy
Author :
Zhuo, Shuangmu ; Zheng, Liqin ; Zhu, Xiaoqin ; Chen, Jianxin ; Xie, Shusen ; Jiang, Xingshan
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Optoelectron. Sci. & Technol. for Med. of Minist. of Educ., Fujian Normal Univ., Fuzhou, China
Abstract :
In this work, optical properties from normal and cancerous stroma pairs were measured using reflectance-based confocal microscopy. Our results show that the scattering coefficient of cancerous stroma is significantly lower than that of normal stroma, suggesting that the decreased scattering in cancerous stroma may provide a possible indicator for differentiating normal and cancerous stroma.
Keywords :
bio-optics; biomedical measurement; biomedical optical imaging; cancer; light scattering; optical microscopy; reflectivity; tumours; cancerous stroma; optical properties; reflectance-based confocal microscopy; scattering coefficient; tumor stroma; Biopsy; Cancer; Educational technology; Esophagus; Light scattering; Neoplasms; Optical microscopy; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Reflectivity;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics and Optoelectronic (SOPO), 2010 Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4963-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4964-4
DOI :
10.1109/SOPO.2010.5504111
