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Monte Carlo based inverse model of diffuse reflectance for determination of UV-VIS optical properties and its application to breast cancer diagnosis

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Abstract

A method for extracting optical properties from diffuse reflectance spectra is applied to human breast tissue. It was found that using the physically-based model for classification of malignancy performed substantially better than an empirical model.

© 2004 Optical Society of America

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