Development of the autofluorescence endoscope imaging system

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 65-70

  Adachi, Rensuke ^a   Utsui, Tetsuya ^a   Furusawa, Koichi ^a  

^a PENTAX Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Bronchoscope; Carcinoma in situ; Image intensifier

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033017516     PISSN: 10703608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/DTE.5.65     Document Type: Article

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