Should there be light in the esophageal tunnel? An appraisal of optical coherence tomography in Barrett's esophagus

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-59

  Isenberg, Gerard ^a   Chak, Amitabh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 33845473877     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.06.014     Document Type: Editorial

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