In vivo assessment of microvascular blood content in the rectal mucosa using polarization-gated spectroscopy: Applications for colon cancer screening

Andrew J. Gomes; Young L. Kim; Vladimir M. Turzhitsky; Jeremy D. Rogers; Vadim Backman

doi:10.1364/biomed.2008.btuf40

In vivo assessment of microvascular blood content in the rectal mucosa using polarization-gated spectroscopy: Applications for colon cancer screening

Andrew J. Gomes^*, Young L. Kim, Vladimir M. Turzhitsky, Jeremy D. Rogers, Vadim Backman

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Our group has developed a polarization-gated spectroscopy probe capable of interrogation of the colonic microvascular blood content. A human pilot study demonstrated that the rectal blood content is elevated in the presence of colonic neoplasia.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	BTuF40
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/biomed.2008.btuf40
State	Published - 2008
Event	Biomedical Optics, BIOMED 2008 - St. Petersburg, FL, United States Duration: Mar 16 2008 → Mar 19 2008

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Other	Biomedical Optics, BIOMED 2008
Country/Territory	United States
City	St. Petersburg, FL
Period	3/16/08 → 3/19/08

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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Gomes, AJ, Kim, YL, Turzhitsky, VM, Rogers, JD & Backman, V 2008, 'In vivo assessment of microvascular blood content in the rectal mucosa using polarization-gated spectroscopy: Applications for colon cancer screening', Paper presented at Biomedical Optics, BIOMED 2008, St. Petersburg, FL, United States, 3/16/08 - 3/19/08 pp. BTuF40. https://doi.org/10.1364/biomed.2008.btuf40

In vivo assessment of microvascular blood content in the rectal mucosa using polarization-gated spectroscopy: Applications for colon cancer screening. / Gomes, Andrew J.; Kim, Young L.; Turzhitsky, Vladimir M. et al.
2008. BTuF40 Paper presented at Biomedical Optics, BIOMED 2008, St. Petersburg, FL, United States.

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