METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING ABNORMAL TISSUE USING THE DETECTION OF EARLY INCREASE IN MICROVASCULAR BLOOD CONTENT

摘要

The present invention, in one aspect, relates to a method of and apparatu s for examining a target for tumors or lesions using what is referred to as "Early Increase in microvascular Blood Supply" (EIBS) that exists in tissues that are close to, but are not themselves, the abnormal tissue and in tissu es that precede the development of such lesions or tumors. While the abnorma l tissue can be a lesion or tumor, the abnofmal tissue can also be tissue th at precedes formation of a lesion or tumor, such as a precancerous adenoma, aberrant crypt foci, tissues that precede the development of dysplastic lesi ons that themselves do not yet exhibit dysplastic phenotype, and tissues in the vicinity of these lesions or pre-dysplastic tissues.