Novel imaging modalities in the detection of oesophageal neoplasia

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 687-720

  Curvers, W L ^a   Kiesslich, R ^b   Bergman, J J G H M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

autofluorescence endoscopy; Barrett's oesophagus; chromoendoscopy; confocal endomicroscopy; endocytoscopy; high resolution endoscopy; magnification endoscopy; narrow band imaging; oesophageal adenocarcinoma; oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma; optical coherence tomography; spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CRYSTAL VIOLET; INDIGO CARMINE; LUGOL; METHYLENE BLUE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER STAGING; CHROMOENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 47649113885     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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