In vitro evaluation of forces exerted by a new computer-assisted colonoscope (the NeoGuide Endoscopy System)

Endoscopy

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1224-1229

  Eickhoff, A ^a   Jakobs, R ^a   Kamal, A ^b   Mermash, S ^c   Riemann, J F ^a   van Dam, J ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ARTICLE; COLON DISEASE; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE TRANSDUCER; GASTROENTEROLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPPA STATISTICS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SIMULATOR; STANDARDIZATION;

BIOMECHANICS; COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY;

EID: 33845709375     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-945014     Document Type: Article

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