OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY FOR THE EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF GASTROINTESTINAL MALIGNANCY

Authors
BARR H DIX T STONE N
Citation
H. Barr et al., OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY FOR THE EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF GASTROINTESTINAL MALIGNANCY, Lasers in medical science, 13(1), 1998, pp. 3-13
Citations number
67
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Engineering, Biomedical
Journal title
Lasers in medical science → ACNP
ISSN journal
02688921
Volume
13
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
3 - 13
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-8921(1998)13:1<3:OSFTED>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The early diagnosis of gastrointestinal malignancy will allow eradicat ion of the disease prior to invasive cancer. At present, fluorescence spectroscopy offers the most realistic prospect of an early clinical s ystem and is currently under evaluation. Optical coherence tomography can differentiate the layers of the oesophageal wall and has greater r eolution than ultrasound. Although complicated, Raman spectroscopy off ers the greatest information with possible development of a molecular endoscope.