Open AccessPrognostic value of Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) when used as an adjunct to Colposcopy – a longitudinal study
Author(s) -
Brian Brown,
Peter E. Highfield,
John Tidy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of electrical bioimpedance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 16
ISSN - 1891-5469
DOI - 10.2478/joeb-2020-0012
Subject(s) - colposcopy , medicine , cervix , biopsy , multivariate analysis , obstetrics , gynecology , cervical cancer , cancer
Colposcopy can be used with Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) as an adjunct, to assess the presence of High Grade Cervical Intra-epithelial Neoplasia (CIN2+). This analysis of longitudinal data has used the results from women with a negative colposcopy, in order to see if the initial (index) EIS results were able to predict the women who subsequently developed CIN2+. A further objective was to investigate what tissue structural changes might be reflected in the electrical impedance spectra.