@article{
author = "Reljin, Irini S. and Reljin, Branimir D. and Avramov-Ivić, Milka and Jovanović, D. V. and Plavec, Goran I. and Petrović, Slobodan and Bogdanović, Gordana",
year = "2008",
abstract = "Multifractal (MF) approach was applied for the analysis of ultraviolet/visible (UV/VIS) spectra as an independent confirmation of the diagnostic efficacy of UV/VIS spectral analysis of intraperitoneal fluids, ascites, taken from patients with a known clinical diagnosis. Recently, it was reported that from UV/VIS spectra differentiation of malignant from benign ascites is possible. Here, it was shown that by using MF analysis of UV/VIS spectra, the objective classification of UV/VIS spectra is possible. The applicability of UV/VIS analysis and MF classification of spectra were evaluated on N = 68 cases, of which M = 64 and B = 4 were clinically confirmed as malignant and benign, respectively. The overall diagnostic efficacy was 89.71% when using on-line analysis of UV/VIS spectra (61 out of 68 samples were positively recognized: 58 malignant and 3 benign), and even 95.59% by using off-line MF classsification (65 out of 68 samples were classified correctly: 63 malignant and 2 benign). It can be inferred that UV/VIS spectral analysis of ascites, combined with MF analysis, could be suggested as a successful and safe screening method in the evaluation of intraperitoneal fluids.",
publisher = "Elsevier Science Bv, Amsterdam",
journal = "Physica A-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications",
title = "Multifractal analysis of the UV/VIS spectra of malignant ascites: Confirmation of the diagnostic validity of a clinically evaluated spectral analysis",
pages = "3573-3563",
number = "14",
volume = "387",
doi = "10.1016/j.physa.2008.02.029"
}