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Diagnosis of Neoplasia in Barrett’s Esophagus using Vital-dye Enhanced Fluorescence Imaging
Published on: May 11, 2014
[Diagnosis of Barrett's esophagus using NBI endoscopy]
Takao Endo1, Kentaro Yamashita, Yasuhisa Shinomura
1First Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University.
Abstract:
There are some problems as to chromo-endoscopy. To resolve this point, we believe NBI will be one of the tools supporting the endoscopic diagnosis of Barrett's esophagus. By only changing the optical filters for sequential lighting from the conventional broadband type to the narrow band type, NBI system can be installed. Through our clinical evaluations as to Barrett's mucosa, we confirmed NBI has an advantage over a conventional system with the representation of the important observation and diagnosis such as the capillary and the fine mucosal structure.
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