Analysis of interobserver variability for endomicroscopy of the gastrointestinal tract

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 140-145

  Hoffman, Arthur ^a,b   Rey, Johannes Wilhelm ^a,b   Mueller, Lena ^b   Hansen, Torsten ^b   Goetz, Martin ^b,c   Tresch, Achim ^d   Galle, Peter Robert ^b   Kiesslich, Ralf ^a,b  

^a St Mary's Hospital   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Endomicroscopy; Experts; Inter observer variability; Pathologists; Students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLON; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMICROSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATHOLOGIST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

COLON CANCER; ENDOMICROSCOPY; EXPERTS; INTER OBSERVER VARIABILITY; PATHOLOGISTS; STUDENTS;

COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84893677119     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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