Title :
Functional Optical Biopsy of epithelial tumors
Author :
Faber, Dirk J. ; De Bruin, D. Martijn ; Wessels, Ronni ; Van Leeuwen, Ton G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng. & Phys., Univ. of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Abstract :
The incidence of cancer is predicted to increase dramatically in the next decades. This increase is associated with an aging population - cancer is primarily an age related disease - and with improvements in detection and treatment strategies that cause cancer to be detected earlier and patients to be treated longer.
Keywords :
cancer; medical image processing; patient treatment; tumours; age related disease; aging population; cancer; detection strategy; epithelial tumors; functional optical biopsy; treatment strategy; Biomedical optical imaging; Biopsy; Cancer; Optical imaging; Optical reflection; Tumors;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358495
