Comparison of image quality between electronic and mechanical radial scanning echoendoscopes in pancreatic diseases

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 454-459

  Niwa, Katsushi ^a   Hirooka, Yoshiki ^b,c   Niwa, Yasumasa ^a   Itoh, Akihiro ^a   Ohmiya, Naoki ^a   Hashimoto, Senju ^a   Ishikawa, Hideki ^a   Okada, Naoto ^a   Itoh, Terutomo ^a   Goto, Hidemi ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cystic diseases; Electronic radial echoendoscope; Image quality; Pancreatic diseases; Solid diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC RADIAL SCANNING ECHOENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECHANICAL RADIAL SCANNING ECHOENDOSCOPE; NOISE; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS DISEASE; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2342647401     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2003.03317.x     Document Type: Article

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