Title :
Optical signals of the ovary
Author :
Utzinger, Urs ; Brewer, Molly ; Kirkpatrick, Ned ; Drezek, Rebekah
Author_Institution :
Biomed. Eng. Program, Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
Ovarian cancer has the highest mortality of all gynecologic cancers. Patients at high risk need technologies that detect early malignant changes. Optical techniques will play an important role in the screening, diagnosis and treatment monitoring.
Keywords :
biological organs; cancer; gynaecology; patient diagnosis; patient monitoring; patient treatment; cancer screening; early malignant change detection; fluorescence spectroscopy; gynecologic cancers; high risk patients; optical signals; optical techniques; ovarian cancer; ovary; patient diagnosis; treatment monitoring;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
