Confocal endomicroscopy: A novel imaging technique for in vivo histology of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 863-871

  Tan, Jeffrey ^a,b   Delaney, Peter ^c   McLaren, Wendy J ^c  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Optiscan Pty Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^c Optiscan Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Cervix; CIN; Confocal microscopy; Epithelium; Fiber optic; Fluorescence; Molecular biomarkers; See and treat

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLPOSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPE; FLUORESCENCE CONFOCAL ENDOMICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 37649003793     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.4.6.863     Document Type: Review

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