Functional luminal imaging probe topography: An improved method for characterizing esophageal distensibility in eosinophilic esophagitis

Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 97-107

  Lin, Zhiyue ^a   Kahrilas, Peter J ^a   Xiao, Yinglian ^a   Nicodème, Frédéric ^a   Gonsalves, Nirmala ^a   Hirano, Ikuo ^a   Pandolfino, John E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Eosinophilic esophagitis; Esophageal distensibility index; Functional imaging; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGEAL DISTENSIBILITY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LUMINAL IMAGING PROBE TOPOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84875543133     PISSN: 1756283X     EISSN: 17562648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1756283X12470017     Document Type: Article

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