Early detection of lung cancer with laser-induced fluorescence endoscopy and spectrofluorometry

Chest

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1776-1782

  Kusunoki, Yoko ^a   Imamura, Fumio ^a   Uda, Hiroshi ^a   Mano, Masayuki ^a   Horai, Takeshi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Bronchoscopy; Early detection; Lung neoplasms; Spectrofluorometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LASER; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

EID: 0034546340     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.6.1776     Document Type: Article

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