Infrared spectroscopic imaging in the diagnosis of cervical cancer

Funded Activity Summary

In Victoria alone around 500000 Pap smears a year are examined for evidence of cancer of the cervix or conditions that may lead to cancer. This is a time consuming, labour intensive and costly process with a relatively high failure rate. A number of alternative techniques have been explored in the last decade with a view to providing a diagnostic technique that is free of human error, more reliable than the Pap method and easily used. An alternative technique based on using infrared light to probe smears shows promise in providing such an easily automated reliable method. We, and others have spent a number of years exploring this technique and have solved a number of the problems associated with it. Based on our work in the field and the work of others we now wish to develop a methodology using an infrared micro-imaging spectrometer combined with multivariate statistics that can be used to diagnose cervical cancer and the conditions that lead to cervical cancer.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 01-01-2005

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $291,600.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Obstetrics And Gynaecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

cervical cancer | cervical precancer | cervical screening | computer-assisted diagnosis | diagnostic imaging | diagnostic methods | diagnostic techniques | infrared spectroscopy and imaging | muktivariate statistics | potential use in early diagnosis

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