Emerging Endoscopic and Photodynamic Techniques for Bladder Cancer Detection and Surveillance

This review provides an overview of emerging techniques, namely, photodynamic diagnosis (PDD), narrow band imaging (NBI), Raman spectroscopy, optical coherence tomography, virtual cystoscopy, and endoscopic microscopy for its use in the diagnosis and surveillance of bladder cancer. The technology, c...

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Main Authors: Prashant Patel, Richard T. Bryan, D. Michael A. Wallace
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2011/412739