Abstract
Gliomas are the most frequent primary brain tumours in adults with over 9,000 people diagnosed each year in the UK. A rapid, reagent-free and cost-effective diagnostic regime using serum spectroscopy would allow for rapid diagnostic results and for swift treatment planning and monitoring within the clinical environment. We report the use of ATR-FTIR spectral data combined with a RBF-SVM for the diagnosis of gliomas (high-grade and low-grade) from non-cancer with sensitivities and specificities on average of 93.75 and 96.53% respectively. The proposed diagnostic regime has the ability to reduce mortality and morbidity rates.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 189-199 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of Biophotonics |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 3-4 |
Early online date | 7 Jan 2014 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2014 |
Keywords
- ATR-FTIR
- cancer
- filtrate
- glioma
- infrared
- rapid
- serum
- spectroscopy