Cancer Diagnosis by Laser Spectroscopy

Abstract

Different types of spectroscopic techniques (steady state and pulsed laser spectroscopy, visible and near-IR Raman spectroscopy, UN fluorescence and excitation spectroscopy, time-resolved spectroscopic kinetics, and light scattering and propagation) were used to investigate cancerous and normal human tissues from different organs (breast, uterus, cervix, ovary, kidney, lung, prostate, and bladder) without injection of any dyes and chemicals and cultured cells (breast, lung, and kidney cells). Most of our effort concentrated on breast tissues which have been distinguished by our new spectroscopic technology. More than 17 publications have been achieved over the past three years in both an understanding of the optical and spectroscopic characteristics of cancerous and normal tissues and instrumentation development by our biomedical physics and engineering groups.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 31, 1991
Accession Number
ADA233462

Entities

People

  • A. Pradhan
  • B. B. Das
  • G. C. Tang
  • Robert Alfano
  • W. S. Glassman

Organizations

  • City College of New York

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Breast Cancer
  • Cancer
  • Health Services
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Spectroscopy
  • Lasers
  • Light Scattering
  • Light Sources
  • Medical Personnel
  • Neoplasms
  • New York
  • Optical Properties
  • Raman Scattering
  • Raman Spectroscopy
  • Scattering
  • Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Spectroscopy.
  • Women's Health and Cancer Risk Research: African American Women and Pregnancy Outcomes.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Biotechnology - Cancer Biotech
  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers