State-of-the-art imaging techniques in endoscopic ultrasound

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 691-696

  Säftoiu, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Endoscopic ultrasound; Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration; Hybrid imaging; Real time sono elastography; Tridimensional (3D)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FOCAL PANCREATIC MASS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE; NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; PANCREAS TUMOR; REAL TIME SONO ELASTOGRAPHY; RETROPERITONEUM; SAFETY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 79955940564     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i6.691     Document Type: Article

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