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Optical Diagnostic Techniques in the Head and Neck

From Volume 34, Issue 7, September 2007 | Pages 410-422

Authors

Tahwinder Upile

Surgical Fellow, Royal National ENT Hospital, Lecturer, UOMFS, Eastman and UCL

Articles by Tahwinder Upile

Waseem Jerjes

Clinical Teaching Fellow, NMLC and Department of Surgery, Royal Free and UCMS, Clinical Fellow, Head & Neck Unit and UCLH, Lecturer, UOMFS, Eastman and UCL

Articles by Waseem Jerjes

Christian S Betz

Clinical Fellow, Head & Neck Unit and UCLH

Articles by Christian S Betz

Mohammed El Maaytah

Lecturer, UOMFS, Eastman and UCL, Registrar, Head & Neck Unit and UCLH

Articles by Mohammed El Maaytah

Anthony Wright

Professor of Otolaryngology, the Royal National ENT Hospital and UCLH

Articles by Anthony Wright

Colin Hopper

Head, UOMFS, Eastman and UCL, Consultant Surgeon/Senior Lecturer, Head & Neck Unit and UCLH, Senior Research Fellow, NMLC and Department of Surgery, Royal Free and UCMS

Articles by Colin Hopper

Abstract

The aim of this review article is to compare findings from recent prospective studies on microendoscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy (FS) and elastic scattering spectroscopy (ESS) with histopathology on formalin-fixed surgical specimens, to assess if those techniques can be used as an adjunct or alternative to histopathology in defining tissue involvement.

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