Oral cancer diagnosis with optical coherence tomography

Shu-Fan Chen; Chih-Wei Lu; Meng-Tsan Tsai; Yih-Ming Wang; C Yang; Chun-Ping Chiang

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616178

Oral cancer diagnosis with optical coherence tomography

Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2005:2005:7227-9. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616178.

Authors

Shu-Fan Chen¹, Chih-Wei Lu, Meng-Tsan Tsai, Yih-Ming Wang, C Yang, Chun-Ping Chiang

Affiliation

¹ Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering and Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 1, Roosevelt Road, Section 4, Taipei, Taiwan, (Phone) 886-2-23657624 (Fax) 886-2-23652637.

PMID: 17281947
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616178

Abstract

We use an optical coherence tomography system with a specially designed probe to image the structures of tissues within the oral cavity for the diagnosis of oral precancer and cancer. Various types of oral mucosa, such as gingiva and buccal mucosa, normal and abnormal, can be well distinguished.