FOCUSED REVIEW SERIES: Image Enhanced Endoscopy : Open Access ; Narrow Band Imaging: Technology Basis and Research and Development History

The first launch of narrow band imaging (NBI) was in 2005. Since then, in most countries where gastrointestinal endoscopies are performed, NBI is the most commonly used optical digital method of performing image-enhanced endoscopy. Thanks to the outstanding efforts of many endoscopists, many clinica...

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Published inClinical endoscopy Vol. 48; no. 6; pp. 476 - 480
Main Author Kazuhiro Gono
Format Journal Article
LanguageKorean
Published 대한소화기내시경학회 30.11.2015
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Image enhanced endoscopy
Narrow band imaging
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Summary:The first launch of narrow band imaging (NBI) was in 2005. Since then, in most countries where gastrointestinal endoscopies are performed, NBI is the most commonly used optical digital method of performing image-enhanced endoscopy. Thanks to the outstanding efforts of many endoscopists, many clinical studies have been performed and clinical evidence has been gathered. In Japan, since 2010, NBI has been reimbursed under the Japanese national health insurance system. This is owing to the establishment of clinical evidence by physicians. However, even though endoscope systems with NBI function have been widely used outside of Japan, dissemination of knowledge on how to use NBI is insufficient. In this review paper, the technology basis of NBI and its research and development history are described. I hope this information will be helpful for updating physicians’ knowledge of NBI. Clin Endosc 2015;48:476-480
Bibliography:The Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
ISSN:2234-2400