## Abstract ## Background and Objective Oral cancer results in 10,000 U.S. deaths annually. Improved highly sensitive diagnostics allowing early detection of oral cancer would benefit patient survival and quality of life. Objective was to investigate in vivo nonโinvasive optical coherence tomograp
1192 Investigation of Raman Spectroscopy and Optical Coherence Tomography to Aid in Diagnosis of Oral Cancer
โ Scribed by Hearnden, V.; Rehman, I.U.; MacNeil, S.; Murdoch, C.; Thornhill, M.H.; Hunter, K.; Colley, H.E.
- Book ID
- 122876883
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 55 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0959-8049
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