The Velscope
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| Figure 1. VELscope examination. The clinician shines the blue excitation light into the patient’s oral cavity and looks through the Handpiece. | |
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Figure 2. Illustration of VELscope’s principle of operation. |
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Figure 3. Representative examples of direct visualization under both white light and VELscope examination - photos courtesy of the British Columbia Oral Cancer Prevention Program. |
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No apparent lesion
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Normal fluorescence pattern |
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Visible leukoplakia
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Irregular, dark area visible under fluorescence visualization. Biopsy-confirmed severe dysplasia |
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| No apparent lesion | Irregular, dark area visible under fluorescence visualization. Biopsy-confirmed Carcinoma in Situ (CIS) |
Last updated 01/15/2007.