title: Early localization of bronchogenic cancerous/precancerous lesions with lung imaging fluorescence endoscope.
abstract: The result of the clinical trial using the lung imaging fluorescence endoscope (LIFE) was reported. A total of 77 biopsy confirmed sites from 30 patients were evaluated. The sensitivity for metaplasia detection by the LIFE system was 96% compared to 28% by conventional bronchoscopy. The LIFE system was found to be useful in detecting subtle cancerous/precancerous lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery Tokyo Medical College Hospital 6-7-1, Nishishinjuku Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 160 Japan.
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authors.lastname: Ikeda
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authors.lastname: Kim
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authors.lastname: Okunaka
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authors.lastname: Furukawa
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authors.lastname: Furuya
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authors.lastname: Saito
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authors.lastname: Konaka
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authors.lastname: Kato
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authors.lastname: Ebihara