Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10911640 | Lung Cancer | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The experimental system provides excellent real time WLRB and FFB that can be switched from one to another mode instantaneously. Acquisition of both white light reflectance spectra and fluorescence spectra is acquired in real time through the images and does not prolong the routine WLRB and FFB procedures. The experimental bronchoscopy procedure is as simple as conventional bronchoscopy, adding on average less than 5Â min to the 20Â min procedure. The acquired spectra are identical to those obtained by fiber-optic probes. In all of the limited number of malignant and early neoplastic lesions, there were differences found which are sufficiently pronounced to warrant initiation of a large, multicenter study for development of differentiating algorithms of statistical validity.
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Authors
Marjeta Tercelj, Haishan Zeng, Mirjan Petek, Tomaz Rott, Branko Palcic,