title: Discrimination between normal and malignant human gastric tissues by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine whether malignant and normal human gastric tissues can be distinguished by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Compared with normal tissue, malignant tissues showed significant increases in infrared (IR) absorption in 10 bands lying in a region of 925-1660 cm(-1). Using the 10 IR absorption bands as markers, discriminant analysis was carried out for tissue discrimination. As a result, 22 out of the 23 gastric cancer samples and 9 out of the 12 gastric normal samples were correctly segregated, yielding 88.6% accuracy. The present results suggest that FTIR spectroscopy is a useful tool for screening gastric cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Engineering, National Defense Medical College, 3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujioka
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: Tsunenori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology*; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*