ISSN Print 2500–1094
ISSN Online 2542–1204
BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF PIROGOV UNIVERSITY (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)
REVIEW
Confocal laser endomicroscopy in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal tract diseases
About authors
Department of Radiation Therapy and Combined Treatments,
Russian Scientific Center of Roentgenoradiology, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Polina Kolomatskaya
ul. Profsoyuznaya, d. 86, Moscow, Russia, 117997; ur.liam@20loknna
Received: 2012-06-04
Accepted: 2012-10-31
Published online: 2017-01-05
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There is reviewed the potential clinical application of confocal laser endomicroscopy in the diagnosis of the gastrointestinal tract. This is a new noninvasive technique that allows with the help of a miniature confocal endomicroscopy runtime routine endiscopic procedure in vivo in real time to obtain images of the mucous membrane of the gastrointestinal tract in high resolution (the so-called virtual biopsy).
Keywords: confocal laser endomicroscopy, endoscopy, precancerous lesions of the gastrointestinal tract