Detection of oral cancer by ALA fluorescent image

Biopsy method is the main method for oral cancer diagnosis, which is one of the most common malignant disease in Taiwan. It is essential to achieve the information of the distribution of malignancy prior to biopsy. Based on this purpose, we developed the ALA fluorescent image system associated with image segmentation algorithm to assist doctors to focus the area for biopsy and therefore to increase the accuracy of diagnosis.