The use of optical imaging techniques in the gastrointestinal tract. Issue 3 (9th November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Beg, Sabina; Wilson, Ana; Ragunath, Krish
• Other Names: Blanco Adolfo Parra author non-byline.
• Is Part Of: Frontline gastroenterology. Volume 7:Issue 3(2016)
• Page Start: 207
• Page End: 215
• Publication Date: 2015-11-09
• Subjects: BARRETT'S OESOPHAGUS -- COLONIC ADENOMAS -- ENDOSCOPY -- GASTRIC NEOPLASIA -- GASTROINTESINAL ENDOSCOPY; Gastroenterology -- Periodicals; 616.33005
• DOI: 10.1136/flgastro-2015-100563
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2041-4137

Abstract

Abstract : With significant advances in the management of gastrointestinal disease there has been a move from diagnosing advanced pathology, to detecting early lesions that are potentially amenable to curative endoscopic treatment. This has required an improvement in diagnostics, with a focus on identifying and characterising subtle mucosal changes. There is great interest in the use of optical technologies to predict histology and enable the formulation of a real-time in vivo diagnosis, a so-called 'optical biopsy'. The aim of this review is to explore the evidence for the use of the current commercially available imaging techniques in the gastrointestinal tract.