Diagnosis of Disease in Human Tissue using Laser-Induced Fluorescence

With the development of fiber optics, it is now possible to obtain fluorescence spectra from remote parts of the body. Thus, laser induced fluorescence (LIF) is becoming an important method for diagnosing pathology in human tissue [1-4]. In the short period of time since such studies have been undertaken, however, it is clear that consideration of the morphological and/or molecular species responsible for the fluorescence is necessary for developing accurate algorithms for diagnosing disease from tissue LIF [1-2].