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Multiscale Anisotropy Analysis Of Second-Harmonic Generation Imaging Of Pancreatic Cancer, Joshua D. Hamilton

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Despite recent advancements in biomedicine, cancer is still the second leading cause of death in the United States. Early detection of cancer is critical to improving patient care, but there are risks of over screening caused by the need for surgical biopsies in many cancers for final diagnostics. Recent advancements in computer aided diagnostics for breast cancer screening has reduced the need for biopsies and resulted in earlier diagnoses which has lowered the mortality rate from breast cancer within the past two decades. Developing new computer aided diagnostic tools that can be applied to a vast majority of cancers would …