Endoscopic ultrasonography of superficial esophageal cancers using a thin ultrasound probe system equipped with switchable radial and linear scanning modes

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 578-582

  Yanai, H ^a   Yoshida, T ^a   Harada, T ^a   Matsumoto, Y ^a   Nishiaki, M ^a   Shigemitsu, T ^a   Tada, M ^a   Okita, K ^a   Kawano, T ^a   Nagasaki, S ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029905833     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(96)70012-3     Document Type: Article

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