[MOS] Lester Wolfe Workshop

[Zina Queen]

Lester Wolfe Workshop in Laser Biomedicine

Optical Imaging of Pre-Cancer in the Esophagus
Tuesday, April 12, 2005, 4:00-6:00 PM
Massachusetts General Hospital
Wellman 1 Conference Room
50 Blossom Street, Boston

The incidence of cancer of the esophagus is increasing rapidly in the 
Western world. Chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease leads to a 
premalignant change in the esophageal epithelium, known as Barrett's 
esophagus, and this can progress to dysplasia and adenocarcinoma. The 
traditional method of detecting these changes employs endoscopy and 
taking of multiple biopsies. This workshop will discuss non-invasive 
optical methods of detecting and monitoring esophageal precancer, 
including optical coherence tomography, tri-modal spectroscopy and 
endoscopic confocal microscopy.


Screening and Surveillance of Barrett's Esophagus: The Challenge, 
Current Status and Opportunities
Norman Nishioka, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Upper Gastrointestinal Optical Coherence Tomography
Brett Bouma, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Real-Time Spectral Diagnosis of Dysplasia in Barrett's Esophagus
James Tunnell, MIT Spectroscopy Laboratory

Endoscopic Confocal Microscopy for Structure and Function
Gordon Kino, Stanford University


Refreshments served at 3:30 PM

Sponsored by the G.R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, MIT, MGH 
Wellman Laboratories, the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and 
Technology, and the Center for the Integration of Medicine and 
Innovative Technology

(Map available online at http://www.cimit.org/images/MGH_Map011305.pdf)
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