Van Dam J
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepaatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Gut. 2003 Jun;52 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):iv12-6. doi: 10.1136/gut.52.suppl_4.iv12.
Endoscopy has become an essential part of the practice of gastroenterology. Techniques exploiting previously unused properties of light have demonstrated the potential to enhance the ability to make clinical diagnoses without removing tissue as has been standard practice for decades. The term used for many of these techniques is "optical biopsy" and, although not yet widely available, enthusiasm for such techniques has grown as has research in their potential clinical utility.
内镜检查已成为胃肠病学实践的重要组成部分。利用光的先前未被利用特性的技术已显示出在不切除组织的情况下增强临床诊断能力的潜力,而切除组织几十年来一直是标准做法。许多此类技术所使用的术语是“光学活检”,尽管目前尚未广泛应用,但随着对其潜在临床效用研究的开展,人们对此类技术的热情日益高涨。