Ultraviolet and visible spectroscopies for tissue diagnostics: fluorescence spectroscopy and elastic-scattering spectroscopy

We review the application of fluorescence spectroscopy and elastic-scattering spectroscopy, over the ultraviolet-to-visible wavelength range, to minimally invasive medical diagnostics. The promises and hopes, as well as the difficulties, of these developing techniques are discussed.

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Published in:Physics in medicine & biology 1997-05, Vol.42 (5), p.803-814
Main Authors: Bigio, Irving J, Mourant, Judith R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Diagnostic Imaging - methods
Light
Optics and Photonics
Scattering, Radiation
Spectrometry, Fluorescence
Ultraviolet Rays
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Summary:We review the application of fluorescence spectroscopy and elastic-scattering spectroscopy, over the ultraviolet-to-visible wavelength range, to minimally invasive medical diagnostics. The promises and hopes, as well as the difficulties, of these developing techniques are discussed.
ISSN:0031-9155
1361-6560
DOI:10.1088/0031-9155/42/5/005