Narrow band imaging yields clear images of subepithelial microvessels in large airways in combination with high magnification bronchovideoscopy

Journal of Bronchology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 75-78

  Yamada, Gen ^a   Shijubo, Noriharu ^b   Kitada, Junya ^a   Takahashi, Mamoru ^a   Otsuka, Mitsuo ^a   Fujii, Masaru ^a   Inomata, Shin Ichiro ^a   Takahashi, Hiroki ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sapporo General Hospital of Hokkaido Railway Company   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; NBI; Subepithelial microvasculature; Tracheobronchial tree

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHOVIDEOSCOPY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NARROW BAND IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34247475370     PISSN: 10708030     EISSN: 15367959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LBR.0b013e3180334fdf     Document Type: Article

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