Affiliation:
1. Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers and Physics Department The City College of New York 138th Street at Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031, USA
2. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 1275 York Avenue New York, NY 10021, USA
Abstract
Cancerous and normal ex vivo human breast tissues were investigated using spectroscopic and time-sliced two-dimensional (2- D) transillumination imaging methods in order to demonstrate the importance and potential of spectral and temporal measurements in breast cancer detection and diagnosis. The experimental arrangement for time-sliced optical imaging used 120 fs, 1 kHz repetition-rate, 800 nm light pulses from a Ti:sapphire laser system for sample illumination, and a 80 ps resolution ultrafast gated intensified camera system for recording 2- D time-sliced images. The spectroscopic imaging arrangement used 1225–1300 nm tunable output of a Cr: forsterite laser for sample illumination, a Fourier space gate to discriminate against multiple-scattered light, and a near-infrared area camera to record 2- D images. Images recorded with earlier temporal slices of transmitted light highlighted tumors, while those recorded with later slices accentuated normal tissues. When light was tuned closer to the 1203 nm absorption resonance of adipose tissues, a marked enhancement in contrast between the images of adipose and fibrous tissues was observed. A similar wavelength-dependent difference between normal and cancerous tissues was observed. These results correlate well with pathology and nuclear magnetic resonance based analyses of the samples.
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