@inproceedings{6ee33b510675461484523ccd6fc33e41,
title = "Assessment of Finger Joint Inflammation by Diffuse Optical Tomography",
abstract = "Inflammatory processes as they occur during rheumatoid arthritis (RA) lead to changes in the optical properties of joint tissues and fluids. These changes occur early on in the disease process and can potentially be used as diagnostic parameter. In this work we report on in vivo studies involving 12 human subjects, which show the potential of diffuse optical tomographic techniques for the diagnosis of inflammatory processes in proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints.",
keywords = "Optical tomography, joint imaging, rheumatoid arthritis, transport theory",
author = "Hielscher, {Andreas H.} and Klose, {Alexander D.} and Scheel, {Alexander K.} and Marina Backhaus and Netz, {Uwe J.} and J{\"u}rgen Beuthan",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported in part by a grant (# R01 AR46255) from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), which is part of the National Institutes of Health, and a grant from the {"}Kompetenznetz Rheumatologie{"} that supported Dr. Scheel's efforts with respect to the clinical study. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2003 SPIE-OSA.; European Conference on Biomedical Optics, ECBO 2003 ; Conference date: 22-06-2003",
year = "2003",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Optics InfoBase Conference Papers",
publisher = "Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)",
pages = "46--54",
booktitle = "European Conference on Biomedical Optics, ECBO 2003",
}