Stroboscopy and High Speed Imaging of the Vocal Function

Stroboscopy and High Speed Imaging of the Vocal Function, Second Edition presents a complete picture of the art and science of stroboscopy. This unique professional resource includes not only comprehensive coverage of the imaging process, but also the disease process that exists in benign lesions, cancer, and neuropathology. Comparisons of normal images with pathologies are included to enhance readers’ diagnostic skills, and the use of stroboscopic images before and after therapy to determine results enhances their clinical skills. The book also covers the entire range of laryngeal imaging for diagnostics, including rigid endoscopy, videostroboscopy, fiberoptic laryngoscopy, and high-speed imaging.

Written by a physician who works in a multidisciplinary environment, the book outlines the roles of the otolaryngologist, speech-language pathologist, voice scientist, and singing teacher in the clinical examination. Unparalleled full-color illustrations appear throughout.

New to the Second Edition

• New chapter on High Speed Imaging
• Updated imaging of vocal fold examination techniques
• Many added images and illustrations with enhanced figures using video montage.
• Fully updated to reflect the current research. New references pertaining to topics have been added from search of literature from 2010 to 2020
• References are placed at the end of the relevant chapters.
• A PluralPlus companion website with high definition video examples of stroboscopy and high-speed imaging

Peak Woo, PhD, FACS is in private practice as an otolaryngologist in New York City. His practice is limited to laryngology and communication and voice disorders. His primary professional and research interests are in the field of voice production and its disorders.

In 1972, he enrolled in the six-year BA/MD joint degree program offered by the College of Liberal Arts and the School of Medicine at Boston University. After spending 25 years as academic faculty member at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center and SUNY-Health Science Center at Upstate, he is now in private practice. He serves as Clinical Professor in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York. He continues to participate in the training of residents and laryngology fellows.

Dr. Woo was a past president of the American Laryngological Association, the American Broncho-Esophagological Association, the New York Laryngological Society and the New York Head and Neck Society. He was a past vice president of the Triological Society. Dr. Woo’s past community activities include Doctor to the New York State Theater and the New York City Opera and he serves as advisor to the New York Singing Teacher Association Professional Development Program. He has traveled widely and given talks on laryngology and voice disorders.

Dr. Woo lives in New Jersey with his wife. He has three grown children Christina, Geoffrey, and Ryan.