Optical imaging techniques for point-of-care diagnostics

H Zhu, SO Isikman, O Mudanyali, A Greenbaum… - Lab on a Chip, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Improving access to effective and affordable healthcare has long been a global endeavor. In
this quest, the development of cost-effective and easy-to-use medical testing equipment that …

Confocal endomicroscopy: instrumentation and medical applications

JM Jabbour, MA Saldua, JN Bixler… - Annals of biomedical …, 2012 - Springer
Advances in fiber optic technology and miniaturized optics and mechanics have propelled
confocal endomicroscopy into the clinical realm. This high resolution, non-invasive imaging …

Automatic classification of dual-modalilty, smartphone-based oral dysplasia and malignancy images using deep learning

B Song, S Sunny, RD Uthoff, S Patrick… - Biomedical optics …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
With the goal to screen high-risk populations for oral cancer in low-and middle-income
countries (LMICs), we have developed a low-cost, portable, easy to use smartphone-based …

Plasmonic nanoparticle-generated photothermal bubbles and their biomedical applications

D Lapotko - Nanomedicine, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
This article is focused on the optical generation and detection of photothermal vapor
bubbles around plasmonic nanoparticles. We report physical properties of such plasmonic …

Noninvasive imaging methods to improve the diagnosis of oral carcinoma and its precursors: State of the art and proposal of a three-step diagnostic process

A Romano, D Di Stasio, M Petruzzi, F Fiori, C Lajolo… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) accounts for 90–95% of malignant
tumors of the lip and oral cavity and is associated with high mortality in the advanced stages …

Advances in fluorescence imaging techniques to detect oral cancer and its precursors

D Shin, N Vigneswaran, A Gillenwater… - Future …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Oral cancer is a significant health problem in the USA and throughout the world. Most oral
cancer patients are diagnosed at a late stage, when treatment is less successful and …

Accuracy of In Vivo Multimodal Optical Imaging for Detection of Oral Neoplasia

MC Pierce, RA Schwarz, VS Bhattar, S Mondrik… - Cancer Prevention …, 2012 - AACR
If detected early, oral cancer is eminently curable. However, survival rates for oral cancer
patients remain low, largely due to late-stage diagnosis and subsequent difficulty of …

Non-invasive techniques for detection and diagnosis of oral potentially malignant disorders

D Liu, X Zhao, X Zeng, H Dan, Q Chen - The Tohoku journal of …, 2016 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most common oral and maxillofacial
malignancy, and its morbidity and mortality rates are still high in most countries. Oral …

Trends in fluorescence image-guided surgery for gliomas

JTC Liu, D Meza, N Sanai - Neurosurgery, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Mounting evidence suggests that a more extensive surgical resection is associated with an
improved life expectancy for both low-grade and high-grade glioma patients. However …

Discrimination of oral squamous cell carcinoma from oral lichen planus by salivary metabolomics

S Ishikawa, M Sugimoto, K Edamatsu, A Sugano… - Oral …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study was conducted to distinguish salivary metabolites in oral squamous cell
carcinoma (OSCC) from those in oral lichen planus (OLP) to identify practical biomarkers for …