1. Optical coherence tomography for upper gastrointestinal tract diagnosis
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Stephan Brand, William P. Puricelli, Kelly Schlendorf, Carolyn C. Compton, G.J. Tearney, Norman S. Nishioka, John M. Poneros, Brett E. Bouma, and George Asimellis
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medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Stomach ,Esophageal adenocarcinoma ,digestive system diseases ,Catheter ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Optical coherence tomography ,medicine ,Optical circulator ,Upper gastrointestinal ,Radiology ,Esophagus ,business ,Preclinical imaging - Abstract
A high speed, power-efficient, catheter-based optical coherence tomography system has been used to image the esophagus and stomach in over 90 patients and can differentiate normal tissue from Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma.
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- 2000
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