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STANDARDIZATION OF ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY PROCEDURES FOR THE PANCREAS USING RADIAL and CONVEX methods
Author(s) -
Hirooka Yoshiki,
Goto Hidemi,
Itoh Akihiro,
Hashimoto Senju,
Hayakawa Tetsuo
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
digestive endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.5
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1443-1661
pISSN - 0915-5635
DOI - 10.1046/j.1443-1661.14.s1.2.x
Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopic ultrasonography , standardization , ultrasonography , radiology , pancreas , regular polygon , medical physics , endoscopy , computer science , mathematics , geometry , operating system
We describe the standard endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) procedure of the pancreas used in our institute. Both radial scanning and convex (or linear) scanning methods have valid uses, so these two methods will coexist in the future. Physicians learning EUS need to master both types. It is important to standardize both types of EUS procedure. Generally, physicians persist in the method mastered first and don’t make use of the other method. In order to plan the standardization of EUS procedures, it may be reasonable to standardize the procedures of both type EUS simultaneously, comparing radial scan mode and linear (convex) scan mode. Here we demonstrate our standard procedures for both EUS modes, mainly emphasizing the visualization maneuver of the pancreas.