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THE CLINICAL EFFICACY AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVE OF NARROW BAND IMAGING FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF COLORECTAL NEOPLASM
Author(s) -
CHIU HANMO,
WANG HSIUPO,
WU MINGSHIANG,
LIN JAWTOWN
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
digestive endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.5
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1443-1661
pISSN - 0915-5635
DOI - 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2011.01120.x
Subject(s) - medicine , narrow band imaging , chromoendoscopy , radiology , colonoscopy , clinical practice , colorectal cancer , medical physics , cancer , endoscopy , family medicine
Growing body of evidences have shown that narrow band imaging (NBI) can be the adjunct tool of colonoscopy for real time or optical histological assessment with high accuracy and largely replaces the role of chromoendoscopy. In spite of the advantages, there are still several issues that remain to be elucidated: detectability of neoplastic lesions, diagnosis of malignant transformation, evaluation of invasion depth for cancerous lesion, morphological diagnosis and interobserver agreement. Endoscopists should be aware of the advantage, current evidence and the limitation of narrow band imaging and apply it appropriately for their clinical practice.