Optical enhancements in diagnosis and surveillance of colorectal neoplasia

Current Colorectal Cancer Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-32

  Sauk, Jenny ^a   Itzkowitz, Steven ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Chromoendoscopy; Colon cancer screening; Confocal endomicroscopy; FICE; Flat lesions; i scan; Imaging; Narrow band imaging; Polyp

Indexed keywords

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CHROMOENDOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HIGH DEFINITION COLONOSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; I SCAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; NARROW BAND IMAGING; REVIEW; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 79952707882     PISSN: 15563790     EISSN: 15563804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11888-010-0083-9     Document Type: Review

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