Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10911640 Lung Cancer 2005 8 Pages PDF
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 5 min to the 20 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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