An inter-observer agreement study of autofluorescence endoscopy in Barrett's esophagus among expert and non-expert endoscopists

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 465-470

  Mannath, J ^a,b   Subramanian, V ^a,c   Telakis, E ^a   Lau, K ^a   Ramappa, V ^a   Wireko, M ^a   Kaye, P V ^a   Ragunath, K ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence imaging; Barrett's esophagus; Dysplasia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPLASIA; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WHITE LIGHT ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GASTROENTEROLOGY; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRECANCER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTICAL IMAGING; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876344770     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2358-2     Document Type: Article

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