A portable optical fiber pH probe for cancer margin detection
- Schartner, E.
- Henderson, M.
- Purdey, M.
- Monro, T.
- Gill, P.
- Callen, D.
Publication date
January 2017
DOI Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Journal
issn:2374-0140Abstract
We demonstrate the use of a portable optical setup based on polymer coatings on the tip of an optical fibers that is capable of differentiating between tumorous and healthy tissue in human samples by probing the extracellular pH of the surface.Erik P. Schartner, Matthew R. Henderson, Malcolm Purdey, Tanya M. Monro, P. G. Gill, and David F. Calle
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