Harvard Medical School, Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Warren 408, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Expert Rev Respir Med. 2012 Apr;6(2):143-5. doi: 10.1586/ers.12.11.
There is ongoing interest in the emerging field of pulmonary photonic-based diagnostics. Potential clinical need areas that are being actively investigated at this time include airway and peripheral lung cancer diagnostics, pulmonary parenchymal and interstitial disorders, alveolar structure function, inhalation injury, ciliary function analysis, asthma and obstructive lung diseases.
目前，人们对新兴的基于肺部光子的诊断领域非常感兴趣。当前正在积极研究的潜在临床需求领域包括气道和周围型肺癌诊断、肺实质和肺间质疾病、肺泡结构功能、吸入性损伤、纤毛功能分析、哮喘和阻塞性肺部疾病。
