Interobserver agreement among endoscopists on evaluation of polypoid colorectal lesions visualized with the Pentax i-Scan technique

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 207-210

  Masci, Enzo ^a   Mangiavillano, Benedetto ^a   Crosta, Cristiano ^b   Fiori, Giancarla ^b   Trovato, Cristina ^b   Viaggi, Paolo ^a   Zambelli, Alessandro ^c   Buffoli, Federico ^d   Staiano, Teresa ^d   Manfredi, Guido ^c   Manguso, Francesco ^e   Arena, Monica ^a   Santoro, Tara ^a   Viale, Edi ^f   Testoni, Pier Alberto ^f  

^a SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Endoscopy Unit   (Italy)

^e CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agreement; Colon; I Scan; Polyps

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON MUCOSA; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL POLYP; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 84875506055     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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