Morphometry for microvessels in early gastric cancer by narrow band imaging-equipped magnifying endoscopy

Digestive Endoscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 233-239

  Araki, Yasumitu ^a   Sasaki, Yoshihiro ^a   Hanabata, Norihiro ^a   Yoshimura, Tetsuro ^a   Sawaya, Manabu ^a   Hada, Ryukichi ^a   Fukuda, Shinsaku ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

early gastric cancer (EGC); image processing; magnifying endoscopy; microvessel; narrow band imaging (NBI)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EARLY GASTRIC CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNIFYING ENDOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROVASCULATURE; MORPHOMETRICS; NARROW BAND IMAGING; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROVESSELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79959740043     PISSN: 09155635     EISSN: 14431661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2010.01093.x     Document Type: Article

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