Detecting and characterizing colonic polyps using high-definition imaging and narrow-band imaging (NBI) has yielded modest results. Now, two randomized studies have substantiated the role of NBI in ...

CENTER VALLEY, Pa., March 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Olympus announced today FDA 510(k) clearance of Narrow Band Imaging (R) (NBI) to assess the neoplastic potential of colorectal polyps. By applying the ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – December 15, 2008 – Researchers from Yale University School of Medicine compared narrow-band imaging (NBI) without high magnification to standard white light colonoscopy in ...

Hyperplastic polyps in the colon are typically harmless, with a very low risk of causing cancer. However, doctors may choose to painlessly remove them during a colonoscopy. Hyperplastic polyps are ...

Audit is recommended to monitor whether endoscopists using virtual chromoendoscopy (Narrow Band Imaging [NBI], flexible spectral imaging colour enhancement [FICE] and i‑scan) are correctly assessing ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Narrow band imaging appeared to be the best at detecting adenomas, according to a meta-analysis published in ...

"Not all colon polyps are cancerous but all colon cancer starts as a polyp which is why everyone needs to know about them and be screened regularly for them," says Fola May, MD, a gastroenterologist ...

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Colorectal polyps are small growths on the inner lining of the colon. Polyps are not usually cancerous; most are hyperplastic polyps with a low risk of cancer; but some (known as adenomatous polyps) ...