A new technique for endobronchial ultrasonography and comparison of two ultrasonic probes: Analysis with a plot profile of the image analysis software NIH image

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Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 192-197

  Nakamura, Yoshihiro ^a   Endo, Chiaki ^b   Sato, Masami ^b   Sakurada, Akira ^b   Watanabe, Shun Ichi ^a   Sakata, Ryuzo ^a   Kondo, Takashi ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchial wall invasion; Central type lung cancer; Endobronchial ultrasonography; Image analysis

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS INJURY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 3242682615     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.1.192     Document Type: Article

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