1. Autofluorescence bronchoscopy can discriminate normal from abnormal bronchial mucosa due to the difference in fluorescence emission: normal bronchial mucosa emits a green coloured fluorescence and abnormal bronchial mucosa emits a red-brown coloured fluores...
Autofluorescence bronchoscopy can discriminate normal from abnormal bronchial mucosa due to the difference in fluorescence emission: normal bronchial mucosa emits a green coloured fluorescence and abnormal bronchial mucosa emits a red-brown coloured fluorescence. Autofluorescence image of a patient with a history of lung adenocarcinoma resected 2 yrs prior (b); the arrows point at a moderate dysplastic lesion on a subsegmental carina which is difficult to identify with white light (a).
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