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Efficacy of autofluorescence imaging for flat neoplasm detection

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Post written by Yoji Takeuchi, MD, from the Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan. Updated autofluorescence imaging (AFI) could show superior detection of flat colorectal neoplasms in the right-sided colon compared with conventional white-light imaging (WLI) in this prospective multicenter randomized controlled trial. Since flat (non-polypoid) neoplasms have a greater association …

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Editor’s Choice- Dr. Jenifer Lightdale

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Associate Editor, Jenifer Lightdale, MD, MPH, recommends the article "Clinical utility and interobserver agreement of autofluorescence imaging and magnification narrow-band imaging for the evaluation of Barrett's esophagus: a prospective tandem study" by Giacchino et al from the May issue of GIE. In this study, the authors investigated autofluorescence imaging (AFI) and magnification narrow band imaging …

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