Advances in diagnostic bronchoscopy

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 589-597

  Haas, Andrew R ^a   Vachani, Anil ^a   Sterman, Daniel H ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Confocal; Endobronchial ultrasound; Lung cancer; Tomography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRATHORACIC ADENOPATHY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; NARROW BAND IMAGING; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; BRONCHOSCOPE; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY;

BRONCHOSCOPES; BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES;

EID: 77957721969     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201002-0186CI     Document Type: Review

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