Infrared spectroscopic imaging in the diagnosis of cervical cancer [ 2003 - 2005 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Prof Donald Mcnaughton (Principal investigator) ,  A/Pr Bayden Wood ,  Prof Michael Quinn

Brief description 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.

Funding Amount $AUD 291,600.00

Funding Scheme NHMRC Project Grants

Notes Standard Project Grant