Narrow Band Imaging for the Evaluation and Detection of Head and Neck Tumors: Review

Wen-Hung Wang

《International Journal of Head and Neck Science》 1卷3期 (2017/09) Pp. 167-172

https://doi.org/10.6696/IJHNS.2017.0103.03

摘要

Narrow band imaging (NBI) provide high-contrast images of lesions by means of optical technologies, including the contrast enhancement of the mucosal surface and of blood vessels. This new equipment-based image-enhanced technology already has proven effective in the early diagnosis of head and neck primary and mucosal recurrent squamous cell carcinoma, including laryngeal, hypopharyngeal, oropharyngeal, nasopharyngeal, and oral cancers, as well as of unknown primary cervical lymph node metastasis. In addition to the role NBI has in the diagnosis of head and neck cancers, there is an exciting role for this modality in the context of surgery for identifying margins before resection. A few studies guiding the use of NBI define surgical margins in the operating room will help establish its role in transoral resection of head and neck cancers. This article reviewed the literature to summary the NBI relevant clinical researches for the diagnosis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

關鍵字

narrow band imaging ； head and neck ； squamous cell carcinoma ； endoscope ； image-enhanced technology