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A combined confocal imaging and raman spectroscopy microscope for in vivo skin cancer diagnosis: Author: Arrasmith, Christopher Lyman; Date: 2008-12-15; Program: Electrical Engineering; Abstract: Confocal microscopy has provided a useful tool for imaging biopsied tissue samples. The cross sectioning ability inherent in confocal microscopes provides a method for viewing of cellular structure at different layers of a histology sample, allowing for optical cross sectioning and viewing structures below the surface of the sample. As a cancer diagnosis technique, confocal microscopy has been shown to provide valuable information showing differences in cell morphology of malignant and benign regions. Raman spectroscopy has also been shown to be a useful tool for cancer diagnosis in skin tissu...; Download File | View full details