Advances in Optical Biopsy and Optical Mammography

Proceedings of a conference by the New York Academy of Sciences held in 1997. The papers explore optical biopsy and optical mammography - new techniques that allow investigators to determine whether a tissue is cancerous without using invasive techniques. The text offers an analysis of the spectrum light emitted from optically excited tissue which allows investigators to detect physical and chemical changes in tissue and determine whether the tissue is normal, benign or cancerous.