Optical coherence tomography for bladder cancer - Ready as a surrogate for optical biopsy? - Results of a prospective mono-centre study

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 131-134

  Karl, Alexander ^a   Stepp, H ^a   Willmann, E ^a   Buchner, A ^a   Hocaoglu, Y ^a   Stief, C ^a   Tritschler, S ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Diagnosis; Minimally invasive; Optical biopsy; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER BIOPSY; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CYSTOSCOPY; DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINA PROPRIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OPTICAL BIOPSY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FLEXIBLE CYSTOSCOPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 77950971043     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-783x-15-3-131     Document Type: Article

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