Advanced imaging of the gastrointestinal tract: Research vs. clinical tools?

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 412-421

  Goetz, Martin ^a   Kiesslich, Ralf ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence imaging; Chromoendoscopy; Confocal laser endomicroscopy; High definition endoscopy; Narrow band imaging

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID HEXYL ESTER; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIBODY; DYE; FLUORESCEIN SODIUM; FLUORESCENT DYE;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHROMOENDOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTRAST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; DIGITAL IMAGING; ENDOCYTOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNIFYING ENDOSCOPY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY; NARROW BAND IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY; STAINING; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VIDEOENDOSCOPY; WHITE LIGHT ENDOSCOPY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS;

EID: 69749091748     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e32832d62c1     Document Type: Review

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