Optical coherence tomography as a diagnostic aid to visual inspection and colposcopy for preinvasive and invasive cancer of the uterine cervix

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1815-1822

  Escobar, P F ^a,b   Rojas Espaillat, L ^a,b   Tisci, S ^c   Enerson, C ^b   Brainard, J ^a   Smith, J ^c   Tresser, N J ^d   Feldchtein, F I ^d   Rojas, L B ^e   Belinson, J L ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Preventive Oncology International   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Perinatology   (Dominican Republic)

^e Imalux Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSCOPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33749138669     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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