Open AccessEndobronchial Cancer Detection Using an Integrated Bronchoscopy System for Simultaneous Imaging and Noncontact Spectral Measurement
Author(s) -
Daniel M. Reinders,
David Snead,
Paul Dhillon,
Yasser Fawzy
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.648
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0b013e3181ace2d5
Subject(s) - medicine , autofluorescence , bronchoscopy , receiver operating characteristic , biopsy , dysplasia , carcinoma in situ , malignancy , radiology , population , pathology , cancer , lung cancer , nuclear medicine , carcinoma , physics , environmental health , fluorescence , quantum mechanics
Quantitative spectroscopy has been proposed as a means of improving the specificity of autofluorescence bronchoscopy by discriminating between true malignancy and suspicious but benign lesions before biopsy. This study investigated the potential discrimination ability of microvascular tissue-related parameters and relative intensity of autofluorescence, as estimated by noncontact spectroscopy.