Atlas of Endomicroscopy

About this book

• The first book dealing with the new insights of endomicroscopy
• Covers a revolutionary technology that provides endoscopists for the first time with information about living cells in humans

Endomicroscopy is a newly developed diagnostic tool which enables in vivo microscopy with subcellular resolution during ongoing endoscopy in the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract. Thus, endomicroscopy is a revolutionary technology because it provides the endoscopists for the first time with information about living cells in humans. Endoscopy and pathology are no longer separate subjects and thus endomicroscopy leads to a close interaction between endoscopist and pathologist.

This Atlas of Endomicroscopy is the first book dealing with the new insights of endomicroscopy and provides an overview about the development, the requirements, the technique, current indications and further possibilities of endomicroscopy.

Written for:

Researchers and professionals

Contents

• 1 Development of Endoscopic Devices: Past, Present and Future
• 2 Surface Analysis with Magnifying Chromoendoscopy in the Colon
• 3 Development and Current Technological Status of Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy
• 4 Examination Technique of Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy
• 5 The Technique of Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy from the Perspective of a New User
• 6 Microarchitecture of the Normal Gut Seen with Conventional Histology and Endomicroscopy
• 7 Endomicroscopy of GI Disorders
• 8 Live Tissue Imaging with Conventional Confocal Microscopy
• 9 Functional and Molecular Imaging with Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy
• 10 Future Trends in Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy: Improved Imaging Quality and Immunoendoscopy
• Subject Index