A portable optical fiber pH probe for cancer margin detection

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2017

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Schartner, E.
Henderson, M.
Purdey, M.
Monro, T.
Gill, P.
Callen, D.

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Proceedings of the 29th IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC 2016), 2017, pp.1-2

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Erik P. Schartner, Matthew R. Henderson, Malcolm Purdey, Tanya M. Monro, P. G. Gill, and David F. Callen

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29th IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC 2016) (2 Oct 2016 - 6 Oct 2016 : Waikoloa, HI)

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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.

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