EUS with CT improves efficiency and structure identification over conventional EUS

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 866-870

  Vosburgh, Kirby G ^a   Stylopoulos, Nicholas ^a   San Jose Estepar, Raul ^a   Ellis, Randy E ^a   Samset, Eigil ^a   Thompson, Christopher C ^a  

^a Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE REGISTERED GASTROSCOPIC ULTRASOUND; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; MODELS, ANIMAL; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247354579     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.09.021     Document Type: Article

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