In vivo cancer diagnosis of the esophagus using differential normalized fluorescence (DNF) indices

1995134 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Tuan Vo‐Dinh · Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Masoud Panjehpour · Thompson Cancer Survival Center

Begein F. Overholt · Thompson Cancer Survival Center

Christie Farris · Thompson Cancer Survival Center

P.F. Buckley · Thompson Cancer Survival Center

Rick E. Sneed · Thompson Cancer Survival Center

Abstract

The data indicated that the DNF approach has a significant potential to provide a direct, real-time, and in-situ technique for cancer diagnosis of the esophagus without requiring biopsy of the tumors and time-consuming histopathology tests.

Topics & Keywords

Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volume 16, Issue 1, pp. 41-47

DOI: 10.1002/lsm.1900160106

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