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

Open Access Oral presentation

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

Herbert Stepp1*, Ann Johansson1, Christian S Betz2 and Andreas Leunig2

  • * Corresponding author: Herbert Stepp

Author Affiliations

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

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

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

Published: 28 July 2009

First paragraph (this article has no abstract)

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.