Detection of tumor mass based on laser scanning imaging

Abstract EN

Optical methods are widely used for medical diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.

The use of laser source as non-ionized radiation in the imaging is considered safe, and has advantages more than the other radiological methods The laser application in imaging is based upon the detection and measuring the laser light parameters after passing through the turbid media of the tissue layers and the tumor mass to differentiate them precisely according to their different optical properties.

In this experimental study, the tumor masses were implanted in the legs of ex-vivo mice.

Then each leg was non-invasively scanned by NIR 785nm diode laser.

The penetrated laser light power through the leg was measured.

The results were tabulated and treated by using the Matlab program version R2013a (8.1.0.609) to create 2D image for the scanned tissue.

The resulted images were clear.

They showed precisely the imbedded tumor, its dimensions, and its location inside the tissue