Visualization of palisade veins in esophageal varices by endoscopic color Doppler ultrasonography

Digestive Endoscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-92

  Sato, Takahiro ^a   Yamazaki, Katsu ^a   Toyota, Jouji ^a   Karino, Yoshiyasu ^a   Ohmura, Takumi ^a   Kuwata, Yasuaki ^a   Akaike, Jun ^a   Suga, Toshihiro ^a  

^a Sapporo Kosei General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Contrast agent; Endoscopic ultrasonography; Esophageal varices; Palisade veins

Indexed keywords

SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALISADE VEIN; VEIN;

EID: 0141884048     PISSN: 09155635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1443-1661.2003.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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