Preface Acknowledgements Contributors Part 1: The Basics of NBI 1 1 Narrowband imaging: historical background and basics for its development Shigaeaki Yoshida 2 An introduction to high-resolution endoscopy and narrowband imaging Kazuhiro Gono 3 Getting started with high-resolution endoscopy and narrowband imaging Neil Gupta, Ajay Bansal, and Prateek Sharma Part 2: Application of High Resolution Endoscopy and NBI in Diagnosis and Therapy Section 1: Pharynx and Esophagus 4 Detection of superficial cancer in the oropharyngeal and hypopharyngeal mucosal sites and the value of NBI at qualitative diagnosis Manabu Muto, Atsushi Ochiai and Shigeaki Yoshida 5 Magnifying endoscopic diagnosis of tissue atypia and cancer invasion depth in the area of pharyngo-esophageal squamous epithelium by NBI enhanced magnification image: IPCL pattern classification Robert Bechara and Haruhiro Inoue 6 Applications of NBI HRE and preliminary data: Barrett s esophagus and adenocarcinoma A Swager, P Sharma, JJ Bergman, WL Curvers Section 2: Stomach and Duodenum 7 Clinical application of magnification endoscopy with NBI in the stomach and the duodenum Kenshi Yao, Takashi Nagahama, Fumihito Hirai, Suketo Sou, Toshiyuki Matsui, Hiroshi Tanabe, Akinori Iwashita, Philip Kaye and Krish Ragunath 8 Magnifying endoscopy with NBI in the diagnosis of superficial gastric neoplasia and its application for ESD Mitsuru Kaise Section 3: Colon 9 Optical chromoendoscopy using NBI during screening colonoscopy: its usefulness and application Yasushi Sano and Shigeaki Yoshida 10 Keys to effective performance of resect and discard narrow band imaging Douglas K Rex 11 The significance of NBI observation for inflammatory bowel diseases Takayuki Matsumoto, Tetsuji Kudo, Mitsuo Iida and James East Section 4: New horizons for high resolution endoscopy and narrowband imaging 12 NBI and high resolution endoscopy in the bile duct and pancreas Takao Itoi 13 Applications in Therapeutic endoscopy: Impact on timing and completeness of mucosal ablation and resections Michael J. Bartel, MD1, Lijia Jiang, MD1, Michael B. Wallace, MD, MPH1* Part 3: Atlas of Images and Histopathologic Correlates 14 Pharynx and esophagus 15 Stomach 16 Small intestine 17 Colon