Fluorescence spectroscopy and fluorescence imaging for tissue diagnostics – principles and methods

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This article is part of the supplement: 1st Scientific Meeting of the Head and Neck Optical Diagnostics Society .

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Fluorescence spectroscopy and fluorescence imaging for tissue diagnostics – principles and methods

Herbert Stepp¹, Ann Johansson¹, Christian Stephan Betz² and Andreas Leunig²

¹LIFE Center, University Clinic Munich, Grosshadern, Marchioninistr, Munich, Germany

²Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University Clinic Munich, Grosshadern, Marchioninistr, Munich, Germany

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from 1^stScientific Meeting of the Head and Neck Optical Diagnostics Society
London, UK. 14 March 2009

Head & Neck Oncology 2009, 1(Suppl 1):O3doi:10.1186/1758-3284-1-S1-O3


Published:	28 July 2009

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In an attempt to establish intraoperative tissue diagnosis, tools and methods for an "optical biopsy" have been proposed, some of them exploiting fluorescent properties of endogenous or exogenous fluorochromes.