Development of a hyperspectral optical imaging system

Motivation: the number of cancer cases at global level will increase from 12.7 million in 2008 to 21 million by 2030. Cancer treatment therefore represents a large clinical challenge that needs to be fulfilled. Problem statement: There is an urgent need in the development of a system that allow to differentiate among healthy and cancer tissue in a fast accurate way. Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) techniques will be without doubt a main piece in the creation oncological diagnostic techniques. Technical approach: The development of a HSI system in its first stages (no in-vivo nor in-vitro tests) that successfully acquire images in the hyperspectral domain. The use of galvo mirrors to scan a surface, in conjunction with a spectrometer that perform the light acquisition, with a LabVIEW program has been the first step. Results: Performing the data analysis on a software like matlab has shown that the system works in a proper way, being the results satisfactory and as expected. Conclusions: Further development will make possible to start working on in-vitro and in-vivo tests, and eventually in actual diagnostic techniques.Ingeniería Biomédic