Shedding laser light on the subject

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1079-1080

  Kramer, John R ^a   Dasari, Ramachandra R ^b   Feld, Michael S ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPES; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; LASERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 0029798818     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm1096-1079     Document Type: Short Survey

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