Autofluorescence colonoscopy: a green light on the long road to "real-time" histology

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 291-293

  Kessler, William R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION;

ADENOMA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 47549112848     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.11.036     Document Type: Editorial

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