Virtual gastroscopy: A preliminary study on the use of trans-abdominal, fast three-dimensional, colour-coded ultrasound in the evaluation of gastric mass lesions

Arab Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 90-95

  Elwagdy, Salah ^a   Ramadan, Reda ^a   Sabry, A Fatah ^a   Elhawary, Mostafa ^a   Nabil, Mahmoud ^a   Elkott, Mai Shehata ^a   Samir, Faten ^a  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Fast colour coded three dimensional ultrasound (3D CDUS); Gastric mass lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FAST THREE DIMENSIONAL COLOUR CODED ULTRASOUND; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH TUMOR; STOMACH WALL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIDEOENDOSCOPY;

EID: 77955273482     PISSN: 16871979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajg.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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