Title :
Towards automated detection of basal cell carcinoma from polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography images of human skin
Author :
Marvdashti, Tahereh ; Duan, Lian ; Ransohoff, Katherine J. ; Aasi, Sumaira Z. ; Tang, Jean Y. ; Ellerbee, Audrey K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report on the initial results of the first automated classifier to distinguish basal cell carcinomas and healthy skin using polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT) with a sensitivity and specificity of 84.2% and 85.8%.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; cancer; cellular biophysics; medical image processing; optical tomography; skin; automated classifier; automated detection; basal cell carcinomas; healthy skin; human skin; polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography imaging; Biomedical optical imaging; Coherence; Optical imaging; Optical polarization; Optical sensors; Skin; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
