• DocumentCode
    733604
  • 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
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184045
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=733604