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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Elastic scattering spectroscopy"”.
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Statistical aspects of elastic scattering spectroscopy with applications to cancer diagnosis
Elastic scattering spectroscopy (ESS), is a non-invasive and real-time in vivo optical diagnosis technique sensitive to changes in the physical properties of human tissue, and thus able to detect early cancer and precancerous changes. This thesis focuses on the statistical issue on how to eliminate …
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Initial experience of intraoperative identification of parathyroid glands with elastic scattering spectroscopy
… hypothesized that an intraoperative tool using Elastic Scattering Spectroscopy (ESS) has the potential to differentiate optical signatures of the parathyroid gland from surrounding tissues in real-time. METHODS: ESS optical signatures were collected intraoperatively from perfused parathyroid, …
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In vivo and ex vivo techniques using elastic scattering spectroscopy for diagnosis of malignancy in the thyroid gland
… goal of our study was to examine the accuracy of Elastic Scattering Spectroscopy (ESS) in distinguishing between benign and malignant thyroid nodules in fresh ex vivo specimens and to design an in vivo ESS probe and device, manufacture it and conduct a clinical trial. METHODS: Patients already …
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Discriminating benign from malignant thyroid nodules in real-time using a novel probe with an integrated elastic scattering spectroscopy biopsy syringe
… necessitating thyroidectomy for diagnosis. Elastic scattering spectroscopy (ESS) is a minimally invasive optical biopsy technique that is sensitive to cellular and subcellular morphological features. We hypothesized that it was feasible to use ESS in vivo to improve our ability to …
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Controlling Plasmon Coupling in Biomolecule-Linked Nanoparticle Assemblies
… assemblies, including ensemble extinction and elastic scattering spectroscopy, single-assembly scattering spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and dynamic light scattering. Initially, molecular control of plasmon coupling is investigated in ~100 nm assemblies composed of 13 nm gold …