Empirical Analysis of Libs Images for Ovarian Cancer Detection
To develop a way to detect early epithelial ovarian cancer we expose blood samples to a laser. Using Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy, (LIBS) plasma images of the blood samples are generated and analyzed. In this paper we compare the images from blood specimens of cancer free mice to those of transgenic mice; that is, mice that are currently developing epithelial ovarian cancer and are approximately the same age as the disease free mice. Our ultimate goal is to look for changes in the shape and edges of the image that might indicate the presence of cancer. To analyze the images we use a nonlinear diffusion filter for enhancement of relevant image edges and removal of noise and irrelevant texture.