Lung imaging fluorescence endoscope: development and experimental prototype

Branko Palcic; Stephen Lam; Calum E. MacAulay; Jaclyn Hung; Bruno Jaggi; Massud Radjinia; Alfred Pon; A. Edward Profio

doi:10.1117/12.45350

1 June 1991 Lung imaging fluorescence endoscope: development and experimental prototype

Branko Palcic, Stephen Lam, Calum E. MacAulay, Jaclyn Hung, Bruno Jaggi, Massud Radjinia, Alfred Pon, A. Edward Profio

Proceedings Volume 1448, Camera and Input Scanner Systems; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45350
Event: Electronic Imaging '91, 1991, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

A lung imaging fluorescence endoscope has been developed which can be used for detection and localization of early lung cancer. We exploited tissue autofluorescence alone or in combination with fluorescent tumor localizing drugs to create pseudo images which can clearly delineate the diseased sites from the surrounding normal tissues. With this technique it is possible to detect early lung cancer as well as pre-cancerous lesions of one to two millimeters in diameter and only a few cell layers thick.

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Branko Palcic, Stephen Lam, Calum E. MacAulay, Jaclyn Hung, Bruno Jaggi, Massud Radjinia, Alfred Pon, and A. Edward Profio "Lung imaging fluorescence endoscope: development and experimental prototype", Proc. SPIE 1448, Camera and Input Scanner Systems, (1 June 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45350

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